Catholic Public Domain Version
"And you will become nothing but a proverb and a fable to all the peoples to whom the Lord will lead you. "
— Deuteronomy 28:37, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.”
“And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee away. ”
“You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where Yahweh shall lead you away.”
“You will become an occasion of horror, a proverb, and an object of ridicule to all the peoples to whom the LORD will drive you.”
“And thou shalt be lost, as a proverb and a byword to all people, among whom the Lord shall bring thee in.”
“And you will become a wonder and a name of shame among all the nations where the Lord will take you.”
“And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.”
And may you be stupefied at the terror of the things your eyes will see.
May the Lord strike you with a very grievous ulcer in the knees and in the legs, and may you be unable to attain health, from the sole of the foot to the top of the head.
May the Lord lead you and your king, whom you will have appointed over yourself, into a nation which you and your fathers have not known. And there you will serve foreign gods, of wood and of stone.
And you will become nothing but a proverb and a fable to all the peoples to whom the Lord will lead you.
You will sow much seed upon the ground, but you will harvest little. For the locusts will devour everything.
You will dig and plant a vineyard, but you will not drink the wine, nor gather anything at all from it. For it will be devastated by worms.
You will have olive trees in all your borders, but you will not be anointed with the oil. For the olives will fall off and perish.