King James Version

Deuteronomy 28:46

And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

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וְהָי֣וּvehayvand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to 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.בְךָ֔vekhainבְךָ֔preposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “in”inלְא֖וֹתleotto markאוֹתpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “to mark”, the ordinary formH226a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.mark, miracle, (en-) sign, token.וּלְמוֹפֵ֑תulemofetand to miracleמוֹפֵתconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and to miracle”, the ordinary formH4159a miracle; by implication, a token or omenmiracle, sign, wonder(-ed at).וּֽבְזַרְעֲךָ֖uvezarakhaand in seedזֶרַעconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and in seed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2233seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity[idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.עוֹלָֽםolamalwayעוֹלָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “alway”, the ordinary formH5769properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) alwaysalway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end). Compare H5331 (נֶצַח), H5…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever;

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American Standard Version (1901)

and they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

Young’s Literal Translation

and they have been on thee for a sign and for a wonder, also on thy seed — to the age.

World English Bible

They will be for a sign and for a wonder to you and to your offspring forever.

Darby Translation

And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

Douay-Rheims

And they shall be as signs and wonders on thee, and on thy seed for ever.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And these things shall be signs in thee, and wonders among thy seed for ever;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔσται ἐν σοὶ σημεῖα, καὶ τέρατα ἐν τῷ σπέρματί σου ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος,