KJV King James Version
The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
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Deuteronomy 28:24
The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh will make the rain of your land powder and dust: from the sky shall it come down on you, until you are destroyed.
ASV American Standard Version
Jehovah will make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Jehovah giveth the rain of thy land—dust and ashes; from the heavens it cometh down on thee till thou art destroyed.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 28
21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that [is] over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that [is] under thee [shall be] iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray [them] away.
27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
יִתֵּ֧ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveיְהוָ֛הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מְטַ֥רH4306 · ma.tarrainאַרְצְךָ֖H776 · e.retsland: country/planetאָבָ֣קH80 · a.vaqdustוְעָפָ֑רH6083 · a.phardustמִן־H4480 · minfromהַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙H8064 · sha.ma.yimheavenיֵרֵ֣דH3381 · ya.radto go downעָלֶ֔יךָH5921 · aluponעַ֖דH5704 · adtillהִשָּׁמְדָֽךְ׃H8045 · sha.madto destroy
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 28:12The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.Isaiah 5:24Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, [so] their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.Amos 4:11I have overthrown [some] of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.Job 18:15-21It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because [it is] none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.Genesis 19:24Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
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