Deuteronomy 28:30

Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

Thou shalt betroth {H781} a wife {H802}, and another {H312} man {H376} shall lie {H7901}{H7693} with her: thou shalt build {H1129} an house {H1004}, and thou shalt not dwell {H3427} therein: thou shalt plant {H5193} a vineyard {H3754}, and shalt not gather the grapes {H2490} thereof.

You will get engaged to a woman, but another man will marry her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not use its fruit.

You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.

Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.

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Cross-References

  • Amos 5:11 (6 votes)

    Forasmuch therefore as your treading [is] upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

  • Jeremiah 8:10 (5 votes)

    Therefore will I give their wives unto others, [and] their fields to them that shall inherit [them]: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

  • Job 31:10 (4 votes)

    [Then] let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

  • Jeremiah 12:13 (3 votes)

    They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, [but] shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

  • Deuteronomy 20:6 (3 votes)

    And what man [is he] that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not [yet] eaten of it? let him [also] go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.

  • Deuteronomy 20:7 (3 votes)

    And what man [is there] that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

  • Lamentations 5:2 (3 votes)

    Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.