The Meaning of Deuteronomy 28:40 Explained

Deuteronomy 28:40

KJV: 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.

YLT: olives are to thee in all thy border, and oil thou dost not pour out, for thine olive doth fall off.

Darby: 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.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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]. 

What does Deuteronomy 28:40 Mean?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 28:20-46 - The Fearful Results Of Disobedience
If we compare this chapter with Exodus 23:20-23 and Leviticus 26:1-46, we shall see how Moses resumes and amplifies the promises and threatenings already set forth in the earlier editions of the Law. The blessings are declared in fourteen verses, while the curses require four times as much space. This is due to God's eagerness that men should be warned from courses that injure, and shut up to those that lead to blessedness. Note the language, which rises to the sublimest level, especially in the latter part. The forecasts of the dispersion and the degradation of the Hebrew people are especially remarkable.
It is not only that God goes out of His way to reward the obedient and to punish the ungodly, but these rewards and punishments are part of the nature of things, just as fire stings and burns, when we transgress its laws, but blesses when we obey. If we are at one with God, through Jesus Christ, we are at one with the universe. But if not, "the stars in their courses" fight against us. See Judges 5:20; 1 Corinthians 3:21. [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 28

1  The blessings for obedience
15  The curses for disobedience

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 28:40 mean?

Olive trees shall have You throughout all your territory but with the oil not you shall anoint [yourself] for shall drop off your olives
זֵיתִ֛ים יִהְי֥וּ לְךָ֖ בְּכָל־ גְּבוּלֶ֑ךָ וְשֶׁ֙מֶן֙ לֹ֣א תָס֔וּךְ כִּ֥י יִשַּׁ֖ל זֵיתֶֽךָ

זֵיתִ֛ים  Olive  trees 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: זַיִת  
Sense: olive, olive tree.
יִהְי֥וּ  shall  have 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בְּכָל־  throughout  all 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
גְּבוּלֶ֑ךָ  your  territory 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: גְּבוּל  
Sense: border, territory.
וְשֶׁ֙מֶן֙  but  with  the  oil 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁמֶן  
Sense: fat, oil.
תָס֔וּךְ  you  shall  anoint  [yourself] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: סוּךְ  
Sense: to anoint, pour in anointing.
יִשַּׁ֖ל  shall  drop  off 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָשַׁל  
Sense: to slip off, drop off, clear away, draw off.
זֵיתֶֽךָ  your  olives 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: זַיִת  
Sense: olive, olive tree.

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