Deuteronomy 28:32-34

International Standard Version

³²Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you watch. You won’t be able to approach them at all,^[a] and you’ll be powerless to help.^[b]

³³“A people whom you don’t know will devour what your land and labor produces. You’ll be only oppressed and discouraged continuously ³⁴until you are driven insane from what your eyes will see.

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Deuteronomy 28:32 Lit. all the day
Deuteronomy 28:32 Lit. and there will be no power in your hand

Deuteronomy 28:32-34

New King James Version

³²Your sons and your daughters shall be given to ^(A)another people, and your eyes shall look and ^(B)fail with longing for them all day long; and there shall be ^[a]no strength in your ^(C)hand. ³³A nation whom you have not known shall eat ^(D)the fruit of your land and the produce of your labor, and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually. ³⁴So you shall be driven mad because of the sight which your eyes see.

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Deuteronomy 28:32 nothing you can do

Deuteronomy 28:32-34

New International Version

³²Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation,^(A) and you will wear out your eyes watching for them day after day, powerless to lift a hand. ³³A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labor produce, and you will have nothing but cruel oppression^(B) all your days.^(C) ³⁴The sights you see will drive you mad.^(D)