Deuteronómio 28:13

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E o SENHOR te por por cabea e no por cauda; e s estars em cima e no debaixo, quando obedeceres aos mandamentos do SENHOR, teu Deus, que hoje te ordeno, para os guardar e fazer.

Parallel Translations

A Biblia Sagrada
E o SENHOR te por por cabea, e no por cauda; e s estars em cima, e no debaixo, se obedeceres aos mandamentos do SENHOR teu Deus, que hoje te ordeno, para os guardar e cumprir.

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O SENHOR te por por cabea e no por cauda; e s estars em cima e no debaixo, se obedeceres aos mandamentos do SENHOR, teu Deus, que hoje te ordeno, para os guardar e cumprir.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the head: Numbers 24:18, Numbers 24:19, Isaiah 9:14, Isaiah 9:15

if that thou: Deuteronomy 28:1, Deuteronomy 4:6-9, Philippians 1:27

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 15:6 - thou shalt reign Deuteronomy 28:44 - General Judges 15:11 - Philistines 2 Samuel 22:44 - head Lamentations 3:45 - as

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail,.... Give them dominion over others, and not make them subject to them; the head signifies rulers and governors, and the tail the common people that are subjects; or the one such that are honourable and in high esteem, and the other such that are mean and base; see Isaiah 9:14; the Targum of Jonathan is,

"the Word of the Lord shall make thee, c.''

and thou shalt be above only, and thou shall not be beneath which explains what is meant by head and tail, being uppermost and lowermost, as the head is the upper part, and the tail the lower part of a creature; the one is more honourable, the other vile: the sense is, that they should be superior to other people in honour and dignity, and not below them, or vassals to them:

if that thou hearken to the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day to observe and to do [them]; which is the condition on which all this happiness depended.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A comparison of this chapter with Exodus 23:20-23 and Leviticus 26:0 will show how Moses here resumes and amplifies the promises and threats already set forth in the earlier records of the Law. The language rises in this chapter to the sublimest strains, especially in the latter part of it; and the prophecies respecting the dispersion and degradation of the Jewish nation in its later days are among the most remarkable in scripture. They are plain, precise, and circumstantial; and the fulfillment of them has been literal, complete, and undeniable.

The Blessing. The six repetitions of the word “blessed” introduce the particular forms which the blessing would take in the various relations of life.

Deuteronomy 28:5

The “basket” or bag was a customary means in the East for carrying about whatever might be needed for personal uses (compare Deuteronomy 26:2; John 13:29).

The “store” is rather the kneading-trough Exodus 8:3; Exodus 12:34. The blessings here promised relate, it will be observed, to private and personal life: in Deuteronomy 28:7 those which are of a more public and national character are brought forward.

Deuteronomy 28:9

The oath with which God vouchsafed to confirm His promises to the patriarchs (compare Genesis 22:16; Hebrews 6:13-14) contained by implication these gifts of holiness and eminence to Israel (compare the marginal references).