And the Lord will take away from you all sickness, and will afflict you with none of the terrible diseases of Egypt which you have known, but will lay them on all those who hate you.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh will take away from you all sickness; and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know, will he put on you, but will lay them on all those who hate you.
- KJV And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.
- BSB And the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.
- NASB And the Lord will remove from you all sickness; and He will not inflict upon you any of the harmful diseases of Egypt which you have known, but He will give them to all who hate you.
- NLT And the Lord will protect you from all sickness. He will not let you suffer from the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but he will inflict them on all your enemies!
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Quick answer
God will remove all sickness from Israel and spare them Egypt's diseases, laying them instead on their enemies. Health is promised as covenant blessing.
Overview
Freedom from disease distinguishes Israel as the people under God's care, unlike Egypt that suffered plagues. This blessing flows from covenant obedience and God's protective love. It foreshadows the ultimate healing and wholeness Christ secures, fully realized in the resurrection when all sickness is forever removed.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Exod 15:26and he said, “If you will diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you.”
- Ps 105:36–37He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.
- Lev 26:3–4“‘If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
- Deut 28:60He will bring on you again all the diseases of Egypt, which you were afraid of; and they will cling to you.
- Exod 9:11The magicians couldn’t stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the magicians, and on all the Egyptians.
- Deut 28:27Yahweh 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.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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