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Selected Verse: Deuteronomy 28:13 - Strong Concordance

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De 28:13 Strong Concordance And the LORD [03068] shall make [05414] thee the head [07218], and not the tail [02180]; and thou shalt be above only [04605], and thou shalt not be beneath [04295]; if that thou hearken [08085] unto the commandments [04687] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], which I command [06680] thee this day [03117], to observe [08104] and to do [06213] them:
  King James And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
the head, and not the tail--an Oriental form of expression, indicating the possession of independent power and great dignity and acknowledged excellence (Isa 9:14; Isa 19:15).
 
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15 Neither shall there be any work [04639] for Egypt [04714], which the head [07218] or tail [02180], branch [03712] or rush [0100], may do [06213].
14 Therefore the LORD [03068] will cut off [03772] from Israel [03478] head [07218] and tail [02180], branch [03712] and rush [0100], in one [0259] day [03117].