Deuteronomy 28:54 - Revised Standard Version The man who is the most tender and delicately bred among you will grudge food to his brother, to the wife of his bosom, and to the last of the children who remain to him; Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 so that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The man who is most tender among you and extremely particular and well-bred, his eye shall be cruel and grudging of food toward his brother and toward the wife of his bosom and toward those of his children still remaining, American Standard Version (1901) The man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children whom he hath remaining; Common English Bible Even the most gentle and refined man among you will scowl at his brother or his own dear wife, or the last of his surviving children. Catholic Public Domain Version The man who is pampered and very self-indulgent among you will vie with his own brother, and with the wife who lies at his bosom, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The man that is nice among you, and very delicate, shall envy his own brother, and his wife, that lieth in his bosom, |
but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought. And he brought it up, and it grew up with him and with his children; it used to eat of his morsel, and drink from his cup, and lie in his bosom, and it was like a daughter to him.
As a father pities his children, so the Lord pities those who fear him.
Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy; do not desire his delicacies;
A miserly man hastens after wealth, and does not know that want will come upon him.
“Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you.
Put no trust in a neighbor, have no confidence in a friend; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom;
Why then did you go out? To see a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those who wear soft raiment are in kings' houses.
Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’
“If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ which neither you nor your fathers have known,
Take heed lest there be a base thought in your heart, and you say, ‘The seventh year, the year of release is near,’ and your eye be hostile to your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry to the Lord against you, and it be sin in you.
And you shall eat the offspring of your own body, the flesh of your sons and daughters, whom the Lord your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies shall distress you.
so that he will not give to any of them any of the flesh of his children whom he is eating, because he has nothing left him, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in all your towns.