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Deuteronomy 28:40

You will have olive trees throughout all your borders, but you won’t anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives will drop off.

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Parallel Translations

  • WEB World English Bible

    You will have olive trees throughout all your borders, but you won’t anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives will drop off.

  • KJV King James Version

    Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olives shall drop off.

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Cross-references (3)

Passages linked to Deuteronomy 28:40 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Micah 6:15 You will sow, but won’t reap. You will tread the olives, but won’t anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won’t drink the wine.
  • Psalms 23:5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.
  • Psalms 104:15 wine that makes the heart of man glad, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart.

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Explain this verse (4 sources)

Historical commentary, presented as a primary source — not an endorsement.

Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, be shaken before they be ripe.

Or, be shaken before they be ripe.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Gill 1763 · Public Domain He shall lend to thee, and thou shall not…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Thine olive shall cast his fruit. Some would render…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:

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