Deuteronomy 28:29 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee. ”

Deuteronomy 28:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The curses correspond in form and number Deuteronomy 28:15-19 to the blessings Deuteronomy 28:3-6 , and the special modes in which these threats should be executed are described in five groups o...
Deuteronomy 28:29 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the (n) blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save [thee]. (n...
Deuteronomy 28:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The curses to follow disobedience. These answer generally to the blessings of Deuteronomy 28:1-6 , only that the order Deuteronomy 28:5 ; Deuteronomy 28:4 is presumed and Deuteronomy 28:1 b a...
Deuteronomy 28:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee . Thou sh...
Deuteronomy 28:29 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 29-31. Thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, &c.— See ver. 33. How often has this threatening been verified! What frequent seizures have been made of their effects in almo...
Deuteronomy 28:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee. T...
Deuteronomy 28:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Blessing and the Curse This chapter properly follows Deuteronomy 26:19 , and concludes the second discourse. It enforces the injunctions given, by exhibiting the blessings associated with the...
Deuteronomy 28:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thou shalt not prosper in thy ways. — The exact opposite is promised to Joshua ( Deuteronomy 1:8 ) if he follows the Book of the Law. (Comp. Isaiah 29:10-14 .) When men find it no longer possible...
Deuteronomy 28:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

MOSES' FAREWELL SPEECHES Deuteronomy 4:1-40 , Deuteronomy 27:1-26 ; Deuteronomy 28:1-68 ; Deuteronomy 29:1-29 ; Deuteronomy 30:1-20 . WITH the twenty-sixth chapter the entirely homogeneous c...
Deuteronomy 28:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Fearful Results of Disobedience Deuteronomy 28:20-46 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...
Deuteronomy 28:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We now come to the commencement of the third discourse of Moses. It was pre\-eminently the uttering of solemn warnings in which he laid before the people the results of disobedience and rebellion. He...
Deuteronomy 28:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The picture of misery is drawn more horrible in these verses, from describing the particular features of the curses, the LORD threatens to send after the sinner. If the Reader will attend to them min...
Deuteronomy 28:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And thou shalt grope at noon day as the blind gropeth in darkness ,.... That is, being in darkness through the loss of their sight; otherwise the darkness and the light are alike to them, and they g...
Deuteronomy 28:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save [thee]. Ver....
Deuteronomy 28:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The botch of Egypt Such boils or blains as the Egyptians were plagued with, spreading from head to foot. The emerods Those painful swellings of the hemorrhoidal vessels, called piles. Blindness...
Deuteronomy 28:29 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

FROM MOUNT GERIZIM -- BLESSINGS (vs.1-14) Though Chapter 28 does not say that these blessings were pronounced from Mount Gerizim, yet Chapter 27:12 indicates this. But the blessings were prefaced...
Deuteronomy 28:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings. B. C. 1451. 15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the...
Deuteronomy 28:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

At noon-day, i.e. in the most clear and evident matters thou shalt grossly mistake and miss thy way. Thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; thy counsels and enterprises shall be frustrated, and turn...
Deuteronomy 28:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Cursings That Will Result If They Are Not Faithful To The Covenant ( Deuteronomy 28:15-68 ). But once they wander outside the sphere of the covenant only cursings can await them. They will ha...
Deuteronomy 28:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .—Moses now enlarges and gives the blessings and curses in detail ( cf . Exodus 23:20-23 and Leviticus 26 .) The blessings are declared in fourteen verses; the curses require nearl...
Deuteronomy 28:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 28:5 . Blessed shall be thy basket. The LXX read, thy barns and thy store. Deuteronomy 28:24 . The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust. Our oriental travellers say...
Deuteronomy 28:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE . Having enjoined the proclamations of the blessing and the curse on their entering into possession of Canaan, Moses, for the sake of impressing on...
Deuteronomy 28:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Curses of Disobedience
Deuteronomy 28:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 13:19-22 ; 1 Samuel 13:5-7 ; 2 Corinthians 4:3 ; 2 Corinthians 4:4 ; Acts 21:24 ; Isaiah 59:10 ; Job 12:25 ; Job 5:14 ; Judges 10:8 ; Judges 13:1 ; Judges 3:14 ; Judges 4:2 ; Ju...
Deuteronomy 28:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Grope at noon day — In the most clear and evident matters thou shalt grossly mistake. Thy ways — Thy counsels and enterprizes shall be frustrated and turn to thy destruction.

Deuteronomy 28:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 28:29 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Deuteronomy 28:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 28:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 28:29 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 28:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 28:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 28:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 28:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Deuteronomy 28:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 28:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Deuteronomy 28:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 28:29 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 28:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 28:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 28:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 28:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Deuteronomy 28:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 28:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes