1 But if thou wilt hear the voice of our Lord thy God, that thou do and keep all his commandments, which I command thee this day, our Lord thy God will make thee higher than all nations, that be on the earth.
1 Now if thou wilt hear the voice of the Lord thy God, to do and keep all his commandments, which I command thee this day, the Lord thy God will make thee higher than all the nations that are on the earth.
2 And all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: yet so if thou hear his precepts.
2 And all these blessings shall come upon thee and overtake thee: yet so if thou hear his precepts.
3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed in the field.
3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed in the field.
4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the troops of thy herds, & the folds of thy sheep.
4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the droves of thy herds, and the folds of thy sheep.
5 Blessed shall thy barns be, and blessed thy remains:
5 Blessed shall be thy barns and blessed thy stores.
6 Blessed shalt thou be coming in and going out.
6 Blessed shalt thou be coming in and going out.
7 Our Lord will give thine enemies, that rise up against thee, to fall down in thy sight: one way they shall come against thee, and seven ways they shall fly from thy face.
7 The Lord shall cause thy enemies, that rise up against thee, to fall down before thy face: one way shall they come out against thee, and seven ways shall they flee before thee.
8 Our Lord will send forth blessing upon thy cellars, and upon all the works of thy hands: and will bless thee in the land, that thou shalt receive.
8 The Lord will send forth a blessing upon thy storehouses, and upon all the works of thy hands: and will bless thee in the land that thou shalt receive.
9 Our Lord will raise thee up unto himself to be a holy people, as he sware to thee: If thou keep the commandments of our Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.
9 The Lord will raise thee up to be a holy people to himself, as he swore to thee: if thou keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.
10 And all the people of the earth shall see that the name of our Lord is invocated upon thee, and they shall fear thee.
10 And all the people of the earth shall see that the name of the Lord is invocated upon thee, and they shall fear thee.
11 Our Lord will make thee abound with all goods, with the fruit of thy womb, & the fruit of thy cattle, with the fruit of thy land, which our Lord sware to thy fathers that he would give thee.
11 The Lord will make thee abound with all goods, with the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy cattle, with the fruit of thy land, which the Lord swore to thy fathers that he would give thee.
12 Our Lord will open his most excellent treasure, the heaven, that it may give rain to thy land in due season: and will bless all the works of thy hands. And thou shalt lend to many nations, and thyself shalt take loan of no man.
12 The Lord will open his excellent treasure, the heaven, that it may give rain in due season: and he will bless all the works of thy hands. And thou shalt lend to many nations, and shalt not borrow of anyone.
13 And our Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail: and thou shalt be always above, and not under: yet so, if thou wilt hear the commandments of our Lord thy God which I command thee this day, and keep & do them,
13 And the Lord shall make thee the head and not the tail: and thou shalt be always above, and not beneath: yet so if thou wilt hear the commandments of the Lord thy God which I command thee this day, and keep and do them,
14 & decline not from them, neither to the right hand, nor to the left, nor follow strange gods, nor serve them.
14 And turn not away from them neither to the right hand, nor to the left, nor follow strange gods, nor worship them.
15 But if thou wilt not hear the voice of our Lord thy God, to keep & do all his commandments & ceremonies which I command thee this day, all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.
15 But if thou wilt not hear the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep and to do all his commandments and ceremonies, which I command thee this day, ¹all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.
16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, cursed in the field.
16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, cursed in the field.
17 Cursed shall thy barn be, and cursed thy remains.
17 Cursed shall be thy barn, and cursed thy stores.
18 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.
18 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.
19 Cursed shalt thou be coming in, and cursed going out.
19 Cursed shalt thou be coming in, and cursed going out.
20 Our Lord shall send upon thee famine and hunger, & rebuke upon all the works which thou shalt do: until he consume and destroy thee quickly, for thy most wicked inventions, wherein thou hast forsaken me.
20 The Lord shall send upon thee famine and hunger, and a rebuke upon all the works which thou shalt do: until he consume and destroy thee quickly, for thy most wicked inventions, by which thou hast forsaken me.
21 Our Lord set the pestilence upon thee, until he consume thee out of the land, which thou shalt enter in to possess.
21 May the Lord set the pestilence upon thee, until he consume thee out of the land, which thou shalt go in to possess.
22 Our Lord strike thee with poverty, with the fever and cold, with burning and heat, & with corrupt air and blasting, and pursue thee till thou perish.
22 May the Lord afflict thee with miserable want, with the fever and with cold, with burning and with heat, and with corrupted air and with blasting, and pursue thee till thou perish.
23 Be the heaven that is over thee, of brass, & the ground that thou treadest, of Iron.
23 Be the heaven, that is over thee, of brass: and the ground thou treadest on, of iron.
24 Our Lord give dust for rain upon thy land, and ashes descend from heaven upon thee, till thou be consumed.
24 The Lord give thee dust for rain upon thy land, and let ashes come down from heaven upon thee, till thou be consumed.
25 Our Lord deliver thee to fall down before thine enemies. One way go thou forth against them, & fly seven, and be thou dispersed throughout all the Kingdoms of the earth.
25 The Lord make thee to fall down before thy enemies, one way mayst thou go out against them, and flee seven ways, and be scattered throughout all the kingdoms of the earth.
26 And be thy carcass meat to all the fowls of the air, & beasts of the earth, and be there none to drive them away.
26 And be thy carcass meat for all the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the earth, and be there none to drive them away.
27 Our Lord strike thee with the boyle of Ægypt, and the part of thy body, by the which dung is cast out, with scab also and itch, so that thou canst not be cured.
27 The Lord strike thee with the ulcer of Egypt, and the part of thy body, by which the dung is cast out, with the scab and with the itch: so that thou canst not be healed.
28 Our Lord strike thee with madness and blindness and fury of mind,
28 ²The Lord strike thee with madness and blindness and fury of mind.
29 & grope thou at midday as the blind is wont to grope in the dark, and direct not thy ways. And at all times sustain thou wrong, and be thou oppressed with violence, neither have thou any to deliver thee.
29 And mayst thou grope at midday as the blind is wont to grope in the dark, and not make straight thy ways. And mayst thou at all times suffer wrong, and be oppressed with violence, and mayst thou have no one to deliver thee.
30 Take thou a wife, and another sleep with her. Build thou a house, and dwell not therein. Plant thou a vineyard, and take not the vintage thereof.
30 Mayst thou take a wife, and another sleep with her. Mayst thou build a house, and not dwell therein. Mayest thou plant a vineyard and not gather the vintage thereof.
31 Be thy oxe immolated before thee, and thou not eat thereof. Be thy ass taken away in thy sight, and not restored to thee. Be thy sheep given to thine enemies, and be there none to help thee.
31 May thy ox be slain before thee, and thou not eat thereof. May thy ass be taken away in thy sight, and not restored to thee. May thy sheep be given to thy enemies, and may there be none to help thee.
32 Be thy sons and thy daughters delivered to another people, thine eyes seeing, and dazzling at the sight of them all the day, and be there no strength in thy hand.
32 May thy sons and thy daughters be given to another people, thy eyes looking on, and languishing at the sight of them all the day, and may there be no strength in thy hand.
33 The fruits of thy land, and all thy labours let a people eat, which thou knowest not: and be thou always sustaining calumny, and oppressed all days,
33 May a people which thou knowest not, eat the fruits of thy land, and all thy labors: and mayst thou always suffer oppression, and be crushed at all times.
34 and astonished at the terror of those things, which thine eyes shall see.
34 And be astonished at the terror of those things which thy eyes shall see:
35 Our Lord strike thee with a very sore botch in the knees and shanks, and be thou uncurable from the sole of the foot unto the top of thy head.
35 May the Lord strike thee with a very sore ulcer in the knees and in the legs, and be thou incurable from the sole of the foot to the top of the head.
36 Our Lord shall bring thee, and thy king whom thou shalt appoint over thee, unto a nation, which thou and thy fathers know not: & there thou shalt serve strange gods, wood and stone.
36 The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king, whom thou shalt have appointed over thee, into a nation which thou and thy fathers know not: and there thou shalt serve strange gods, wood and stone.
37 And thou shalt be destroyed for a proverb and fable to all peoples, unto whom our Lord shall bring thee in.
37 And thou shalt be lost, as a proverb and a byword to all people, among whom the Lord shall bring thee in.
38 Thou shalt cast much seed into the ground, and gather little: because the locusts shall devour all things.
38 ³Thou shalt cast much seed into the ground, and gather little: because the locusts shall consume all.
39 Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and dig, and the wine thou shalt not drink, nor gather any thing thereof: because it shall be wasted with worms.
39 Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and dig it, and shalt not drink the wine, nor gather anything thereof: because it shall be wasted with worms.
40 Thou shalt have olives in all thy borders, and shalt not be anointed with the oil: because they shall drop away, and perish.
40 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.
41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, and shalt not enjoy them: because they shall be led into captivity.
41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, and shalt not enjoy them: because they shall be led into captivity.
42 All thy trees and the fruits of thy ground the blasting shall consume.
42 The blast shall consume all the trees and the fruits of thy ground.
43 The stranger that liveth with thee in the Land, shall ascend over thee, and shall be higher: and thou shalt descend downward, and be inferior.
43 The stranger that liveth with thee in the land, shall rise up over thee, and shall be higher: and thou shalt go down, and be lower.
44 He shall lend thee, and thou shalt not lend him. He shall be as the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him. He shall be as the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
45 And all these curses shall come upon thee, and pursuing shall overtake thee, till thou perish: because thou heard not the voice of our Lord thy God, nor kept his commandments and ceremonies which he commanded thee.
45 And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue and overtake thee, till thou perish: because thou heardst not the voice of the Lord thy God, and didst not keep his commandments and ceremonies which he commanded thee.
46 And they shall be in thee as signs & wonders, and in thy seed for ever:
46 And they shall be as signs and wonders on thee, and on thy seed forever.
47 because thou didst not serve our Lord thy God in joy and gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things.
47 Because thou didst not serve the Lord thy God with joy and gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things:
48 Thou shalt serve thine enemy, whom our Lord will send upon thee, in hunger, and thirst, and nakedness, and all penury, and he shall put an iron yoke upon thy neck, till he consume thee.
48 Thou shalt serve thy enemy, whom the Lord will send upon thee, in hunger, and thirst, and nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put an iron yoke upon thy neck, till he consume thee.
49 Our Lord will bring upon thee a Nation from a far, and from the uttermost ends of the earth, in likeness of an eagle that flyeth with vehemency: whose tongue thou canst not understand:
49 The Lord will bring upon thee a nation from afar, and from the uttermost ends of the earth, like an eagle that flyeth swiftly, whose tongue thou canst not understand,
50 a very malapert Nation, that will attribute nothing to the ancient, nor have pity on the little one,
50 A most insolent nation, that will show no regard to the ancients, nor have pity on the infant,
51 and will devour the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruits of thy Land: until thou perish, and will not leave thee wheat, wine, and oil, herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep: until it destroy thee,
51 And will devour the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruits of thy land: until thou be destroyed, and will leave thee no wheat, nor wine, nor oil, nor herds of oxen, nor flocks of sheep: until he destroy thee.
52 and consume thee in all thy cities, and thy strong and high walls be destroyed, wherein thou hadst confidence in all thy Land. Thou shalt be besieged within thy gates in all thy Land, which our Lord thy God will give thee:
52 And consume thee in all thy cities, and thy strong and high walls be brought down, wherein thou trustedst in all thy land. Thou shalt be besieged within thy gates in all thy land which the Lord thy God will give thee:
53 and thou shalt eat the fruit of thy womb, and the flesh of thy sons & of thy daughters, which our Lord thy God shall give thee, in the distress and vastation wherewith thine enemy shall oppress thee.
53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thy womb, and the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, in the distress and extremity wherewith thy enemy shall oppress thee.
54 The man that is delicate in thee & very riotous, shall much envy his own brother, and his wife that lieth in his bosom,
54 The man that is nice among you, and very delicate, shall envy his own brother, and his wife, that lieth in his bosom,
55 so that he shall not give them of the flesh of his children, which he will eat: because he hath nothing else in the siege and penury, wherewith thine enemies shall waste thee within all thy gates.
55 So that he will not give them of the flesh of his children, which he shall eat: because he hath nothing else in the siege and the want, wherewith thy enemies shall distress thee within all thy gates.
56 The tender and delicate woman, that could not go upon the ground; nor set down her foot for over-much niceness and tenderness, will envy her husband, that lieth in her bosom, upon the flesh of her son, and daughter:
56 The tender and delicate woman, that could not go upon the ground, nor set down her foot for over much niceness and tenderness, will envy her husband who lieth in her bosom, the flesh of her son, and of her daughter,
57 and the filthiness of the after births, that come forth from the midst of her thighs, and upon the children that are born the same hour. For they shall eat them secretly, because of the penury of all things, in the siege and vastation, wherewith thine enemy shall oppress thee within thy gates.
57 And the filth of the afterbirths, that come forth from between her thighs, and the children that are born the same hour. For they shall eat them secretly for the want of all things, in the siege and distress, wherewith thy enemy shall oppress thee within thy gates.
58 Unless thou keep and do all the words of this law, that be written in this volume, and fear his name glorious and terrible, that is, Our Lord thy God:
58 If thou wilt not keep, and fulfill all the words of this law, that are written in this volume, and fear his glorious and terrible name: that is, The Lord thy God:
59 our Lord shall increase thy plagues, and the plagues of thy seed, great plagues and continuing, sore infirmities and perpetual.
59 The Lord shall increase thy plagues, and the plagues of thy seed, plagues great and lasting, infirmities grievous and perpetual.
60 And he shall turn upon thee all the afflictions of Ægypt, which thou didst fear, and they shall cleave to thee.
60 And he shall bring back on thee all the afflictions of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of, and they shall stick fast to thee.
61 Moreover also all the diseases, and plagues, that be not written in the volume of this law, our Lord will bring upon thee, till he consume thee:
61 Moreover the Lord will bring upon thee all the diseases, and plagues, that are not written in the volume of this law till he consume thee:
62 & you shall remain few in number, which before was as the stars of heaven for multitude, because thou heardest not the voice of our Lord thy God.
62 And you shall remain few in number, who before were as the stars of heaven for multitude, because thou heardst not the voice of the Lord thy God.
63 And as before our Lord rejoiced upon you, doing good to you, & multiplying you: so he shall rejoice destroying and subverting you, so that you may be taken away from the Land, which thou shalt enter to possess.
63 And as the Lord rejoiced upon you before doing good to you, and multiplying you: so he shall rejoice destroying and bringing you to nought, so that you shall be taken away from the land which thou shalt go in to possess.
64 Our Lord shall disperse thee into all peoples, from the farthest parts of the earth to the ends thereof: and there thou shalt serve strange gods, which thou art ignorant of and thy fathers, wood and stone.
64 The Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the farthest parts of the earth to the ends thereof: and there thou shalt serve strange gods, which both thou art ignorant of and thy fathers, wood and stone.
65 In those nations also thou shalt not be quiet, neither shall there be resting for the step of thy foot. For our Lord will give thee a fearful heart, and dazzling eyes, & a soul consumed with pensiveness:
65 Neither shalt thou be quiet, even in those nations, nor shall there be any rest for the sole of thy foot. For the Lord will give thee a fearful heart, and languishing eyes, and a soul consumed with pensiveness:
66 and thy life shall be as it were hanging before thee. Thou shalt fear night and day, and thou shalt not trust in thy life.
66 And thy life shall be as it were hanging before thee. Thou shalt fear night and day, neither shalt thou trust thy life.
67 In the morning thou shalt say: Who will grant me evening? And at evening: Who will grant me morning? For the fearfulness of thy heart, wherewith thou shalt be terrified, and for those things which thou shalt see with thine eyes.
67 In the morning thou shalt say: Who will grant me evening? And at evening: Who will grant me morning? For the fearfulness of thy heart, wherewith thou shalt be terrified, and for those things which thou shalt see with thy eyes.
68 Our Lord shall bring thee again with ships into Ægypt by the way, whereof he said to thee that thou shouldst see it no more. There shalt thou be sold to thine enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
68 The Lord shall bring thee again with ships into Egypt, by the way whereof he said to thee that thou shouldst see it no more. There shalt thou be set to sale to thy enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.