Deuteronomy 28:44

42 Locusts shall consume all your trees and the produce of your land.

43 “The alien who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower.

44 He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.

45 “Moreover all these curses shall come upon you and pursue and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you¹ did not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.

46 And they shall be upon ^ayou for a sign and a wonder, and on your descendants forever.

47 ^a“Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and gladness of heart, ^bfor the abundance of everything,

48 therefore you shall serve your enemies, whom the Lord will send against you, in ^ahunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in need of everything; and He ^bwill put a yoke of iron on your neck until He has destroyed you.

49 ^aThe Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, ^bas swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand,

Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 28:44

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American Standard Version
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

Amplified® Bible
He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.

Contemporary English Version
You will be so short of money that you will have to borrow from those foreigners. They will be the leaders in the community, and you will be the followers.

Darby English Version
He shall lend to thee, but thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

Good News Bible
They will have money to lend you, but you will have none to lend them. In the end they will be your rulers.

King James Version
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

New American Standard Bible
"He shall lend to you, but you will not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you will be the tail.

New International Version
He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, but you will be the tail.

New King James Version
He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" He shall lend to you, but you will not lend to him; he shall become the head, and you will become the tail.

Revised Standard Version
He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.

Young's Literal Translation
he doth lend `to' thee, and thou dost not lend `to' him; he is for head, and thou art for tail.

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