The Meaning of Deuteronomy 28:41 Explained

Deuteronomy 28:41

KJV: Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.

YLT: 'Sons and daughters thou dost beget, and they are not with thee, for they go into captivity;

Darby: Sons and daughters shalt thou beget, but thou shalt not have them to be with thee; for they shall go into captivity.

ASV: Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou shalt beget  sons  and daughters,  but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go  into captivity. 

What does Deuteronomy 28:41 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 28:41 mean?

Sons and daughters You shall beget but not they shall be yours for they shall go into captivity
בָּנִ֥ים וּבָנ֖וֹת תּוֹלִ֑יד וְלֹא־ יִהְי֣וּ לָ֔ךְ כִּ֥י יֵלְכ֖וּ בַּשֶּֽׁבִי

בָּנִ֥ים  Sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
וּבָנ֖וֹת  and  daughters 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
תּוֹלִ֑יד  You  shall  beget 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
וְלֹא־  but  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יִהְי֣וּ  they  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לָ֔ךְ  yours 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular
יֵלְכ֖וּ  they  shall  go 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
בַּשֶּֽׁבִי  into  captivity 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁבִי 
Sense: captivity, captives.

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