The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- BSB The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
- NKJV The Lord will strike you in the knees and on the legs with severe boils which cannot be healed, and from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.
- NASB The Lord will strike you on the knees and thighs with severe boils from which you cannot be healed, and strike you from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.
- NLT The Lord will cover your knees and legs with incurable boils. In fact, you will be covered from head to foot.
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Quick answer
God will strike them with incurable, painful boils from head to foot.
Overview
The whole body is afflicted with sores that cannot be healed. This total bodily affliction echoes the diseases of Egypt mentioned earlier. It depicts suffering that leaves no part of the person untouched.
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Cross-references · 5
- Deut 28:27The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
- Isa 1:6From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
- Job 2:6–7And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
- Isa 3:17Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.
- Isa 3:24And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
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