King James Version

Deuteronomy 28:18

Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

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אָר֥וּרarurto execrateאָרַרverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “to execrate”, a verb used as a describing wordH779to execrate[idiom] bitterly curse.פְּרִֽיperifruitפְּרִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “fruit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6529fruit (literally or figuratively)bough, (first-)fruit(-ful), reward.בִטְנְךָ֖vitnekhabodyבֶּטֶןnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH990the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anythingbelly, body, [phrase] as they be born, [phrase] within, womb.וּפְרִ֣יuferiand fruitפְּרִיconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and fruit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6529fruit (literally or figuratively)bough, (first-)fruit(-ful), reward.אַדְמָתֶ֑ךָadmatekhacountryאֲדָמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “country”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH127soil (from its general redness)country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.שְׁגַ֥רshegarthat cometh ofשֶׁגֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “that cometh of”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7698the fetus (as finally expelled)that cometh of, increase.אֲלָפֶ֖יךָalafeykhafamilyאֶלֶףnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH504a family; also (from the sense of yoking or taming) an ox or cowfamily, kine, oxen.וְעַשְׁתְּר֥וֹתveashterotand flockעַשְׁתְּרָהconjunction, noun, proper name — “and flock”H6251increaseflock.צֹאנֶֽךָtsonekhaflockצֹאןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “flock”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)(small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the young of thy flock.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.

Young’s Literal Translation

'Cursed [is] the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, increase of thine oxen, and wealth of thy flock.

World English Bible

The fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock will be cursed.

Darby Translation

Cursed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, the offspring of thy kine, and the increase of thy sheep.

Douay-Rheims

Cursed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, the herds of thy oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the young of thy flock.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Cursed shall be the offspring of thy body, and the fruits of thy land, the herds of thine oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπικατάρατα τὰ ἔκγονα τῆς κοιλίας σου, καὶ τὰ γεννήματα τῆς γῆς σου, τὰ βουκόλια τῶν βοῶν σου, καὶ τὰ ποίμνια τῶν προβάτων σου·