a nation of fierce facial expressions, that doesn’t respect the elderly, nor show favor to the young.
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a nation of fierce facial expressions, that doesn’t respect the elderly, nor show favor to the young.
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A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
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a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favour to the young.
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 28:50 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 47:6 I was angry with my people. I profaned my inheritance and gave them into your hand. You showed them no mercy. You laid a very heavy yoke on the aged.
- 2 Chronicles 36:17 Therefore he brought on them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or gray-headed. He gave them all into his hand.
- Proverbs 7:13 So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:
- Ecclesiastes 8:1 Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
- Daniel 7:7 “After this I saw in the night visions, and, behold, there was a fourth animal, awesome and powerful, and exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth. It devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet. It was different from all the animals that were before it. It had ten horns.
- Daniel 8:23 “In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king of fierce face, and understanding dark sentences, will stand up.
- Hosea 13:16 Samaria will bear her guilt; for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.”
- Luke 19:44 and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you didn’t know the time of your visitation.”
- Luke 21:23-24 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people. They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, barbarous, cruel or impudent.
Or, barbarous, cruel or impudent.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 28:50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall…
Deu 28:50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
Ver. 50. A nation of fierce countenance.] Heb., Strong of face, i.e., bold, fierce, cruel, impudent; as was Antiochus Epiphanes. {Dan 8:23} See there.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Of fierce countenance, Heb. strong of face or countenance,…
Of fierce countenance, Heb. strong of face or countenance, i.e. bold and impudent, hardy and undaunted, cruel and uncompassionate and inflexible, sparing no age nor sex, &c.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So that the man that is tender among you,…
So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate,.... Not only the rustic that has been brought up meanly, and used to hard living; but one that has been bred very tenderly, and lived in a delicate manner, like the rich man in Luk 16:19; that fared sumptuously every day:
his eye shall be evil towards his brother, and towards the wife of his bosom, and towards the remnant of his children which he shall leave; that is, he shall begrudge his brother, who is so nearly related to him, the least bit of food; yea, his wife, he dearly loved, and is one flesh with him, his other self, and even his children, which are parts of himself, such of them as were left not eaten by him; or his eye should be evil upon then, he should look with an evil eye on them, determining within himself to kill and eat them next. Though the particular instance in which his eye would be evil to them follows, yet no doubt there are other instances in which his eye would be evil towards them, as there were at the siege of Jerusalem, and have been since. Josephus (b) says,"that in every house where there was any appearance of food (or anything that looked like it, that had the shadow of it) there was a battle; and the dearest friends fought with one another, snatching away from each other, the miserable supports of life;''as the husband from his wife and children, and the wife from her husband and children; see more in Deu 28:56; and, in later times, we told by the Jewish historian (c), that wrote an account of their sufferings and distresses since their dispersion, that at Fez the Jews sold their children for slaves for bread.
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(b) De Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 3. sect. 3. (c) Shebet Judah, sive Hist. Jud. p. 326.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Deu 28:50. A nation of a fierce countenance —…
Deu 28:50. A nation of a fierce countenance — Such were the Chaldeans, who, according to the historian, “slew the young men” of the Jews “in the house of the sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man or him that stooped for age.” Such also were the Romans, who, Josephus says, when they entered Gadera, showed mercy to no age, out of hatred to the nation, and remembrance of former injuries. They made the like slaughter at Gamala, “not so much as sparing young children, but every one, snatching up many, cast them down from the citadel.”
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Insolent. Hebrew, "of a fierce countenance." It is well…
Insolent. Hebrew, "of a fierce countenance." It is well known how the Babylonians treated the princes of the Jews. (Calmet)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain A nation of fierce countenance--a just description of the…
A nation of fierce countenance--a just description of the Romans, who were not only bold and unyielding, but ruthless and implacable.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 50. fierce countenance] Lit. strong, hard or inflexible. So…
50. fierce countenance] Lit. strong, hard or inflexible. So Dan_8:23 of Antiochus Epiphanes. Cp. Eze_2:4; Eze_3:7. On regard the person see on Deu_1:17.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (50) Which shall not regard the person of the…
(50) Which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favour to the young.—Comp. 2Ch_36:17, “The king of the Chaldecs had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man or him that stooped for age; and Lam_5:12, “Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain A nation of fierce countenance; literally, firm or hard…
A nation of fierce countenance; literally, firm or hard of face; i.e. obdurate and determined. (cf. Pro_21:29; Dan_8:23)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 28:50 The Assyrians were fierce and heartless toward their…
28:50 The Assyrians were fierce and heartless toward their defeated enemies. A favorite instrument of torture was a stake on which they impaled their victims alive (see Isa 33:19; Nah 2:1-7).
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