Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness and confusion of mind. New Living Translation The LORD will strike you with madness, blindness, and panic. English Standard Version The LORD will strike you with madness and blindness and confusion of mind, Berean Standard Bible The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind, King James Bible The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart: New King James Version The LORD will strike you with madness and blindness and confusion of heart. New American Standard Bible The LORD will strike you with insanity, blindness, and with confusion of mind; NASB 1995 “The LORD will smite you with madness and with blindness and with bewilderment of heart; NASB 1977 “The LORD will smite you with madness and with blindness and with bewilderment of heart; Legacy Standard Bible Yahweh will strike you with madness and with blindness and with bewilderment of heart; Amplified Bible The LORD will strike you with madness and with blindness and with bewilderment of heart and mind; Christian Standard Bible The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and mental confusion, Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and mental confusion, American Standard Version Jehovah will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart; Aramaic Bible in Plain English LORD JEHOVAH shall strike you with darkness and with blindness and with astonishment of heart: Brenton Septuagint Translation The Lord smite thee with insanity, and blindness, and astonishment of mind. Contemporary English Version You will become insane and go blind. The LORD will make you so confused, Douay-Rheims Bible The Lord strike thee with madness and blindness and fury of mind. English Revised Version The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart: GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD will strike you with madness, blindness, and panic. Good News Translation The LORD will make you lose your mind; he will strike you with blindness and confusion. International Standard Version The LORD will afflict you with insanity, blindness, and mental confusion. JPS Tanakh 1917 The LORD will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart. Literal Standard Version YHWH strikes you with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart; Majority Standard Bible The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind, New American Bible And the LORD will strike you with madness, blindness and panic, NET Bible The LORD will also subject you to madness, blindness, and confusion of mind. New Revised Standard Version The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind; New Heart English Bible The LORD will strike you with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart; Webster's Bible Translation The LORD shall smite thee with the madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart: World English Bible Yahweh will strike you with madness, with blindness, and with astonishment of heart. Young's Literal Translation 'Jehovah doth smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart; Additional Translations ... Context The Curses of Disobedience…27The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured. 28The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind, 29and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.… Cross References Genesis 19:11 And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door. Deuteronomy 28:27 The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured. Deuteronomy 28:29 and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you. Lamentations 4:14 They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments. Treasury of Scripture The LORD shall smite you with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart: 1 Samuel 16:14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him. Psalm 60:3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. Isaiah 6:9,10 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not… Jump to Previous Afflict Astonishment Bewilderment Blind Blindness Confusion Diseased Eyes Heart Hearts Madness Mind Minds Smite Strike WastedJump to Next Afflict Astonishment Bewilderment Blind Blindness Confusion Diseased Eyes Heart Hearts Madness Mind Minds Smite Strike WastedDeuteronomy 28 1. The blessings for obedience15. The curses for disobedience (28) Madness, and blindness, and astonishment.--The three words are all found in Zechariah 12:4 But in that place the threat seems directed against the enemies of Jerusalem (see Deuteronomy 30:7). Verses 28, 29. - Besides bodily ailments, mental diseases should come upon them - insanity, incapacity, confusion of mind, so that even at midday they should grope as a blind man gropes, i.e. under the most favorable circumstances they should be unable to find the right path, to hit on the right and safe course. It is of mental blindness that the word is here used (cf. Isaiah 42:19; Lamentations 4:14; Zephaniah 1:17; Romans 11:25; 2 Corinthians 4:4). Thou shalt grope (cf. Isaiah 59:10). Thus afflicted in body and mind, their state should be one only of oppression and calamity, with no hope of deliverance.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The LORDיְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel will afflict יַכְּכָ֣ה (yak·kə·ḵāh) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular Strong's 5221: To strike you with madness, בְּשִׁגָּע֖וֹן (bə·šig·gā·‘ō·wn) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7697: Craziness blindness, וּבְעִוָּר֑וֹן (ū·ḇə·‘iw·wā·rō·wn) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5788: Blindness and confusion וּבְתִמְה֖וֹן (ū·ḇə·ṯim·hō·wn) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8541: Consternation of mind, לֵבָֽב׃ (lê·ḇāḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart Links Deuteronomy 28:28 NIVDeuteronomy 28:28 NLT Deuteronomy 28:28 ESV Deuteronomy 28:28 NASB Deuteronomy 28:28 KJV Deuteronomy 28:28 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 28:28 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 28:28 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 28:28 French Bible Deuteronomy 28:28 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 28:28 Yahweh will strike you with madness (Deut. 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