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Deuteronomy 28:41

In Deuteronomy 28 of Deuteronomy.

Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.

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בָּנִ֥יםbanimsonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “son”, the ordinary formH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […וּבָנ֖וֹתuvanotand daughterבַּתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and daughter”, the ordinary formH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.תּוֹלִ֑ידtolidbearיָלַדverb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, an unfinished actionH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…וְלֹאveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יִהְי֣וּyihyvbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לָ֔ךְlakhetoלָ֔ךְpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “to”toכִּ֥יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…יֵלְכ֖וּyelekhvcarryיָלַךְverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “carry”, an unfinished actionH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…בַּשֶּֽׁבִיbasheviin captiveשְׁבִיpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in captive”, the ordinary formH7628exiled; captured; as noun, exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively); by extension, bootycaptive(-ity), prisoners, [idiom] take away, that was taken.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity.

Young’s Literal Translation

'Sons and daughters thou dost beget, and they are not with thee, for they go into captivity;

World English Bible

You will father sons and daughters, but they will not be yours, for they will go into captivity.

Darby Translation

Sons and daughters shalt thou beget, but thou shalt not have them [to be with thee]; for they shall go into captivity.

Douay-Rheims

Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, and shalt not enjoy them: because they shall be led into captivity.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, and they shall not be thine , for they shall depart into captivity.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας γεννήσεις καὶ οὐκ ἔσονται· ἀπελεύσονται γὰρ ἐν αἰχμαλωσίᾳ.

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