1 I f you will listen diligently to the voice of the Lord your God, being watchful to do all His commandments which I command you this day, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you today, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

2 A nd all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you if you heed the voice of the Lord your God.

All these blessings will come upon you, and overtake you, if you listen to Yahweh your God’s voice.

3 B lessed shall you be in the city and blessed shall you be in the field.

You shall be blessed in the city, and you shall be blessed in the field.

4 B lessed shall be the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your beasts, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock.

You shall be blessed in the fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the fruit of your animals, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock.

5 B lessed shall be your basket and your kneading trough.

Your basket and your kneading trough shall be blessed.

6 B lessed shall you be when you come in and blessed shall you be when you go out.

You shall be blessed when you come in, and you shall be blessed when you go out.

7 T he Lord shall cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.

Yahweh will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck before you. They will come out against you one way, and will flee before you seven ways.

8 T he Lord shall command the blessing upon you in your storehouse and in all that you undertake. And He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God gives you.

Yahweh will command the blessing on you in your barns, and in all that you put your hand to. He will bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

9 T he Lord will establish you as a people holy to Himself, as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways.

Yahweh will establish you for a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you, if you shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and walk in his ways.

10 A nd all people of the earth shall see that you are called by the name the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you.

All the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by Yahweh’s name, and they will be afraid of you.

11 A nd the Lord shall make you have a surplus of prosperity, through the fruit of your body, of your livestock, and of your ground, in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you.

Yahweh will grant you abundant prosperity, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give you.

12 T he Lord shall open to you His good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain of your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.

Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You will lend to many nations, and you will not borrow.

13 A nd the Lord shall make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you this day and are watchful to do them.

Yahweh will make you the head, and not the tail. You will be above only, and you will not be beneath; if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I command you today, to observe and to do,

14 A nd you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

and shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you today, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

15 B ut if you will not obey the voice of the Lord your God, being watchful to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command you this day, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you:

But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come on you, and overtake you.

16 C ursed shall you be in the city and cursed shall you be in the field.

You will be cursed in the city, and you will be cursed in the field.

17 C ursed shall be your basket and your kneading trough.

Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed.

18 C ursed shall be the fruit of your body, of your land, of the increase of your cattle and the young of your sheep.

The fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock will be cursed.

19 C ursed shall you be when you come in and cursed shall you be when you go out.

You will be cursed when you come in, and you will be cursed when you go out.

20 T he Lord shall send you curses, confusion, and rebuke in every enterprise to which you set your hand, until you are destroyed, perishing quickly because of the evil of your doings by which you have forsaken me.

Yahweh will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all that you put your hand to do, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the evil of your doings, by which you have forsaken me.

21 T he Lord will make the pestilence cling to you until He has consumed you from the land into which you go to possess.

Yahweh will make the pestilence cling to you, until he has consumed you from off the land, where you go in to possess it.

22 T he Lord will smite you with consumption, with fever and inflammation, fiery heat, sword and drought, blasting and mildew; they shall pursue you until you perish.

Yahweh will strike you with consumption, with fever, with inflammation, with fiery heat, with the sword, with blight, and with mildew. They will pursue you until you perish.

23 T he heavens over your head shall be brass and the earth under you shall be iron.

Your sky that is over your head will be brass, and the earth that is under you will be iron.

24 T he Lord shall make the rain of your land powdered soil and dust; from the heavens it shall come down upon you until you are destroyed.

Yahweh will make the rain of your land powder and dust. It will come down on you from the sky, until you are destroyed.

25 T he Lord shall cause you to be struck down before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them, and you shall be tossed to and fro and be a terror among all the kingdoms of the earth.

Yahweh will cause you to be struck before your enemies. You will go out one way against them, and will flee seven ways before them. You will be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.

26 A nd your dead body shall be food for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there shall be no one to frighten them away.

Your dead body will be food to all birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth; and there will be no one to frighten them away.

27 T he Lord will smite you with the boils of Egypt and the tumors, the scurvy and the itch, from which you cannot be healed.

Yahweh will strike you with the boils of Egypt, with the tumors, with the scurvy, and with the itch, of which you can not be healed.

28 T he Lord will smite you with madness and blindness and dismay of heart.

Yahweh will strike you with madness, with blindness, and with astonishment of heart.

29 A nd you shall grope at noonday as the blind grope in darkness. And you shall not prosper in your ways; and you shall be only oppressed and robbed continually, and there shall be no one to save you.

You will grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways. You will only be oppressed and robbed always, and there will be no one to save you.

30 Y ou shall betroth a wife, but another man shall lie with her; you shall build a house, but not live in it; you shall plant a vineyard, but not gather its grapes.

You will betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her. You will build a house, and you won’t dwell in it. You will plant a vineyard, and not use its fruit.

31 Y our ox shall be slain before your eyes, but you shall not eat of it; your donkey shall be violently taken away before your face and not be restored to you; your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you shall have no one to help you.

Your ox will be slain before your eyes, and you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be violently taken away from before your face, and will not be restored to you. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and you will have no one to save you.

32 Y our sons and daughters shall be given to another people, and your eyes shall look and fail with longing for them all the day; and there shall be no power in your hands to prevent it.

Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people. Your eyes will look, and fail with longing for them all day long. There will be no power in your hand.

33 A nation which you have not known shall eat up the fruit of your land and of all your labors, and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually,

A nation which you don’t know eat the fruit of your ground and all of your work. You will only be oppressed and crushed always;

34 S o that you shall be driven mad by the sights which your eyes shall see.

so that the sights that you see with your eyes will drive you mad.

35 T he Lord will smite you on the knees and on the legs with a sore boil that cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.

Yahweh will strike you in the knees and in the legs with a sore boil, of which you can not be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.

36 T he Lord shall bring you and your king whom you have set over you to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods, of wood and stone.

Yahweh will bring you, and your king whom you will set over yourselves, to a nation that you have not known, you nor your fathers. There you will serve other gods of wood and stone.

37 A nd you shall become an amazement, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples to which the Lord will lead you.

You will become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where Yahweh will lead you away.

38 Y ou shall carry much seed out into the field and shall gather little in, for the locust shall consume it.

You will carry much seed out into the field, and will gather little in; for the locust will consume it.

39 Y ou shall plant vineyards and dress them but shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm shall eat them.

You will plant vineyards and dress them, but you will neither drink of the wine, nor harvest, because worms will eat them.

40 Y ou shall have olive trees throughout all your territory but you shall not anoint yourselves with the oil, for your olive trees shall drop their fruit.

You will have olive trees throughout all your borders, but you won’t anoint yourself with the oil; for your olives will drop off.

41 Y ou shall beget sons and daughters but shall not enjoy them, for they shall go into captivity.

You will father sons and daughters, but they will not be yours; for they will go into captivity.

42 A ll your trees and the fruit of your ground shall the locust possess.

Locusts will consume all of your trees and the fruit of your ground.

43 T he transient (stranger) among you shall mount up higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower.

The foreigner who is among you will mount up above you higher and higher, and you will come down lower and lower.

44 H e shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.

He will lend to you, and you won’t lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.

45 A ll these curses shall come upon you and shall pursue you and overtake you till you are destroyed, because you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.

All these curses will come on you, and will pursue you, and overtake you, until you are destroyed; because you didn’t listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you.

46 T hey shall be upon you for a sign and for a wonder, and upon your descendants forever.

They will be for a sign and for a wonder to you and to your offspring forever.

47 B ecause you did not serve the Lord your God with joyfulness of heart for the abundance of all,

Because you didn’t serve Yahweh your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;

48 T herefore you shall serve your enemies whom the Lord shall send against you, in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and in want of all things; and He will put a yoke of iron upon your neck until He has destroyed you.

therefore you will serve your enemies whom Yahweh sends against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in lack of all things. He will put an iron yoke on your neck, until he has destroyed you.

49 T he Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you shall not understand,

Yahweh will bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies; a nation whose language you will not understand;

50 A nation of unyielding countenance who will not regard the person of the old or show favor to the young,

a nation of fierce facial expressions, that doesn’t respect the elderly, nor show favor to the young,

51 A nd shall eat the fruit of your cattle and the fruit of your ground until you are destroyed, who also shall not leave you grain, new wine, oil, the increase of your cattle or the young of your sheep until they have caused you to perish.

and they will eat the fruit of your livestock, and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed. They also won’t leave you grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of your livestock, or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.

52 T hey shall besiege you in all your towns until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you in all your towns throughout all your land which the Lord your God has given you.

They will besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fortified walls come down, in which you trusted, throughout all your land. They will besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land, which Yahweh your God has given you.

53 A nd you shall eat the fruit 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 misery with which your enemies shall distress you.

You will eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom Yahweh your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies will distress you.

54 T he 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,

The man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye will be evil toward his brother, toward the wife whom he loves, and toward the remnant of his children whom he has remaining;

55 S o that he will not give to any of them any of the flesh of his children which he is eating, because he has nothing left to him in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies shall distress you in all your towns.

so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he will eat, because he has nothing left to him, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy will distress you in all your gates.

56 T he most tender and daintily bred woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground because she is so dainty and kind, will grudge to the husband of her bosom, to her son and to her daughter

The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye will be evil toward the husband that she loves, toward her son, toward her daughter,

57 H er afterbirth that comes out from her body and the children whom she shall bear. For she will eat them secretly for want of anything else in the siege and distress with which your enemies shall distress you in your towns.

toward her young one who comes out from between her feet, and toward her children whom she bears; for she will eat them secretly for lack of all things, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy will distress you in your gates.

58 I f you will not be watchful to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and fearful name — the lord your god—

If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and fearful name, YAHWEH YOUR GOD;

59 T hen the Lord will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary strokes and blows, great plagues of long continuance, and grievous sicknesses of long duration.

then Yahweh will make your plagues fearful, and the plagues of your offspring, even great plagues, and of long duration, and severe sicknesses, and of long duration.

60 M oreover, He will bring upon you all the diseases of Egypt of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you.

He will bring on you again all the diseases of Egypt, which you were afraid of; and they will cling to you.

61 A lso every sickness and every affliction which is not written in this Book of the Law the Lord will bring upon you until you are destroyed.

Also every sickness and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, Yahweh will bring them on you, until you are destroyed.

62 A nd you shall be left few in number, whereas you had been as the stars of the heavens for multitude, because you would not obey the voice of the Lord your God.

You will be left few in number, even though you were as the stars of the sky for multitude; because you didn’t listen to Yahweh your God’s voice.

63 A nd as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you, so the Lord will rejoice to bring ruin upon you and to destroy you; and you shall be plucked from the land into which you go to possess.

It will happen that as Yahweh rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so Yahweh will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you. You will be plucked from off of the land where you go in to possess it.

64 A nd the Lord shall scatter you among all peoples from one end of the earth to the other; and there you shall serve other gods, of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth. There you will serve other gods, which you have not known, you nor your fathers, even wood and stone.

65 A nd among these nations you shall find no ease and there shall be no rest for the sole of your foot; but the Lord will give you there a trembling heart, failing of eyes, fainting of mind, and languishing of spirit.

Among these nations you will find no ease, and there will be no rest for the sole of your foot; but Yahweh will give you there a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and pining of soul.

66 Y our life shall hang in doubt before you; day and night you shall be worried, and have no assurance of your life.

Your life will hang in doubt before you. You will be afraid night and day, and will have no assurance of your life.

67 I n the morning you shall say, Would that it were evening! and at evening you shall say, Would that it were morning!—because of the anxiety and dread of your hearts and the sights which you shall see with your eyes.

In the morning you will say, “I wish it were evening!” and at evening you will say, “I wish it were morning!” for the fear of your heart which you will fear, and for the sights which your eyes will see.

68 A nd the Lord shall bring you into Egypt again with ships by the way about which I said to you, You shall never see it again. And there you shall be sold to your enemies as bondmen and bondwomen, but no man shall buy you.

Yahweh will bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way of which I told to you that you would never see it again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies for male and female slaves, and nobody will buy you.