Bible verse
You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.
Deuteronomy 28:41 · BSB
The verses around it, from Deuteronomy 28.
37 You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
38 You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.
39 You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.
40 You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.
41 You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.
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.
KJV
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
ASV
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity.
ERV
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity.
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