The Meaning of Deuteronomy 28:39 Explained

Deuteronomy 28:39

KJV: Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.

YLT: vineyards thou dost plant, and hast laboured, and wine thou dost not drink nor gather, for the worm doth consume it;

Darby: Thou shalt plant and till vineyards, but shalt drink no wine, nor gather the fruit; for the worms shall eat it.

ASV: Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them, but thou shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes ; for the worm shall eat them.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou shalt plant  vineyards,  and dress  [them], but shalt neither drink  [of] the wine,  nor gather  [the grapes]; for the worms  shall eat  them. 

What does Deuteronomy 28:39 Mean?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 28:20-46 - The Fearful Results Of Disobedience
If we compare this chapter with Exodus 23:20-23 and Leviticus 26:1-46, we shall see how Moses resumes and amplifies the promises and threatenings already set forth in the earlier editions of the Law. The blessings are declared in fourteen verses, while the curses require four times as much space. This is due to God's eagerness that men should be warned from courses that injure, and shut up to those that lead to blessedness. Note the language, which rises to the sublimest level, especially in the latter part. The forecasts of the dispersion and the degradation of the Hebrew people are especially remarkable.
It is not only that God goes out of His way to reward the obedient and to punish the ungodly, but these rewards and punishments are part of the nature of things, just as fire stings and burns, when we transgress its laws, but blesses when we obey. If we are at one with God, through Jesus Christ, we are at one with the universe. But if not, "the stars in their courses" fight against us. See Judges 5:20; 1 Corinthians 3:21. [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 28

1  The blessings for obedience
15  The curses for disobedience

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 28:39 mean?

Vineyards You shall plant and tend [them] but [of] the wine neither you shall drink nor gather the [grapes] for shall eat them the worms
כְּרָמִ֥ים תִּטַּ֖ע וְעָבָ֑דְתָּ וְיַ֤יִן לֹֽא־ תִשְׁתֶּה֙ וְלֹ֣א תֶאֱגֹ֔ר כִּ֥י תֹאכְלֶ֖נּוּ הַתֹּלָֽעַת

כְּרָמִ֥ים  Vineyards 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: כֶּרֶם 
Sense: vineyard.
תִּטַּ֖ע  You  shall  plant 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: נָטַע  
Sense: to plant, fasten, fix, establish.
וְעָבָ֑דְתָּ  and  tend  [them] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: עָבַד  
Sense: to work, serve.
וְיַ֤יִן  but  [of]  the  wine 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יַיִן  
Sense: wine.
לֹֽא־  neither 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תִשְׁתֶּה֙  you  shall  drink 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: שָׁתָה  
Sense: to drink.
וְלֹ֣א  nor 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תֶאֱגֹ֔ר  gather  the  [grapes] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: אָגַר  
Sense: to gather.
תֹאכְלֶ֖נּוּ  shall  eat  them 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
הַתֹּלָֽעַת  the  worms 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: תֹּולָע 
Sense: worm, scarlet stuff, crimson.

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