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Deuteronomy 28:44
Deuteronomy 28:44 is verse 44 of Deuteronomy chapter 28, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.
King James Version
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
World English Bible
He will lend to you, and you won’t lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.
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Deuteronomy 28:42–46 · Berean Standard Bible
42 Swarms of locusts will consume all your trees and the produce of your land.
43 The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.
44 He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.
45 All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.
46 These curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants forever.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Deuteronomy 28:12The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.
Deuteronomy 28:13The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.
Lamentations 1:5Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.