Deuteronomy 28:40 — Compare Translations

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You 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.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

You 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.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

You will have olive trees throughout your territory but not moisten your skin with oil, because your olives will drop off.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Olive-trees shalt thou have throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil; for thine olive-tree shall cast its fruit.

English EASY 2024

Olive trees will grow everywhere in your land, but you will never use any oil from them. The olives will drop off the trees before they are ready to pick.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

You will have olive trees everywhere on your land. But you will not have any of the oil to use, because the olives will drop to the ground and rot.

You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives shall drop off.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Olive trees will grow everywhere in your land, but you will not have any olive oil, because the olives will drop off.

English God's Word - GW 1995

You will have olive trees everywhere in your country but no olive oil to rub on your skin, because the olives will fall off the trees.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

You will have olives trees throughout your territory but not anoint yourself with oil, because your olives will drop off.

English KJV 1611

Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.

English LSB

You shall have olive trees throughout your territory, but you will not anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives will drop off.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

You will have olive trees throughout all your coasts, but you will not anoint yourself with the oil, for your olive will drop off.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"You shall have olive trees throughout your territory but you will not anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives will drop off.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Though you have olive trees throughout your country, you will have no oil for ointment, for your olives will drop off unripe.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

You will have olive trees throughout your territory but you will not anoint yourself with olive oil, because the olives will drop off the trees while still unripe.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

You will have olive trees through your whole country. But you won't use the oil. The olives will drop off the trees.

English NIV

You will have olive trees throughout your country but you will not use the oil, because the olives will drop off.

English NKJ 1982

You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olives shall drop off.

English NLT

You will grow olive trees throughout your land, but you will never use the olive oil, for the trees will drop the fruit before it is ripe.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives shall drop off.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olives shall drop off.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Olive trees will be growing everywhere, but there won't be enough olive oil to anoint yourselves! For the trees will drop their fruit before it is matured.

English Tyndale 1537

Thou shalt have olive trees in all thy coasts, but shalt not be anointed with the oil, for thine olive trees shall be rooted out.