NET Bible
"You will have olive trees throughout your territory but you will not anoint yourself with olive oil, because the olives will drop off the trees while still unripe."
— Deuteronomy 28:40, NET Bible
“Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.”
“Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast its fruit. ”
“You shall have olive trees throughout all your borders, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olive shall cast [its fruit].”
“Thou shalt have olive trees in all thy borders, and shalt not be anointed with the oil: for the olives shall fall off and perish.”
“Your land will be full of olive-trees, but there will be no oil for the comfort of your body; for your olive-tree will give no fruit.”
“Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.”
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.
The Curse of Reversed Status“You will take much seed to the field but gather little harvest, because locusts will consume it.
You will plant vineyards and cultivate them, but you will not drink wine or gather in grapes, because worms will eat them.
You will have olive trees throughout your territory but you will not anoint yourself with olive oil, because the olives will drop off the trees while still unripe.
You will bear sons and daughters but not keep them, because they will be taken into captivity.
Whirring locusts will take over every tree and all the produce of your soil.
The resident foreigners who reside among you will become higher and higher over you and you will become lower and lower.