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Deuteronomy 28:67
Deuteronomy 28:67 is verse 67 of Deuteronomy chapter 28, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.
King James Version
In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
World English Bible
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.
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Deuteronomy 28:65–68 · Berean Standard Bible
65 Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.
66 So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.
67 In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.
68 The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Deuteronomy 28:34You will be driven mad by the sights you see.
Job 7:3So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.
Job 7:4When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
Revelation 9:6In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.