Deuteronomy 28:54
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The man that is nice among you, and very delicate, shall envy his own brother, and his wife, that lieth in his bosom,

his eye

Deuteronomy 15:9 Beware lest perhaps a wicked thought steal in upon thee, and thou say in thy heart: The seventh year of remission draweth nigh; and thou turn away thy eyes from thy poor brother, denying to lend him that which he asketh: lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it become a sin unto thee.

Proverbs 23:6 Eat not with an envious man, and desire not his meats:

Proverbs 28:22 A man that maketh haste to be rich, and envieth others, is ignorant that poverty shall come upon him.

Matthew 20:15 Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Is thy eye evil, because I am good?

Deuteronomy 13:6 If thy brother the son of thy mother, or thy son, or daughter, or thy wife that is in thy bosom, or thy friend, whom thou lovest as thy own soul, would persuade thee secretly, saying: Let us go, and serve strange gods, which thou knowest not, nor thy fathers,

2 Samuel 12:3 But the poor man had nothing at all but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up, and which had grown up in his house together with his children, eating of his bread, and drinking of his cup, and sleeping in his bosom: and it was unto him as a daughter.

Micah 7:5 Believe not a friend, and trust not in a prince: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that sleepeth in thy bosom.

his children

Psalm 103:13 As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that fear him:

Isaiah 49:15 Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to have pity on the son of her womb? and if she should forget, yet will not I forget thee.

Matthew 7:9-11 Or what man is there among you, of whom if his son shall ask bread, will he reach him a stone? . . .

Luke 11:11-12 And which of you, if he ask his father bread, will he give him a stone? Or a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? . . .

Context
The Curses of Disobedience
53And thou shalt eat the fruit of thy womb, and the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, in the distress and extremity wherewith thy enemy shall oppress thee. 54The man that is nice among you, and very delicate, shall envy his own brother, and his wife, that lieth in his bosom,55So that he will not give them of the flesh of his children, which he shall eat: because he hath nothing else in the siege and the want, wherewith thy enemies shall distress thee within all thy gates.…
Cross References
Matthew 11:8
But what went you out to see? a man clothed in soft garments? Behold they that are clothed in soft garments, are in the houses of kings.

Deuteronomy 28:53
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thy womb, and the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, in the distress and extremity wherewith thy enemy shall oppress thee.

Deuteronomy 28:55
So that he will not give them of the flesh of his children, which he shall eat: because he hath nothing else in the siege and the want, wherewith thy enemies shall distress thee within all thy gates.

Lexicon
The most
מְאֹ֑ד (mə·’ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

gentle
הָרַ֣ךְ (hā·raḵ)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7390: Tender, delicate, soft

and refined
וְהֶעָנֹ֖ג (wə·he·‘ā·nōḡ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6028: Luxurious

man
הָאִישׁ֙ (hā·’îš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

among you
בְּךָ֔ (bə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

will begrudge
תֵּרַ֨ע (tê·ra‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7489: To spoil, to make, good for, nothing, bad

his brother,
בְאָחִיו֙ (ḇə·’ā·ḥîw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

the wife
וּבְאֵ֣שֶׁת (ū·ḇə·’ê·šeṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

he embraces,
חֵיק֔וֹ (ḥê·qōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2436: The bosom

and the rest
וּבְיֶ֥תֶר (ū·ḇə·ye·ṯer)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3499: An overhanging, an excess, superiority, remainder, a small rope

of his children
בָּנָ֖יו (bā·nāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

who have survived,
יוֹתִֽיר׃ (yō·w·ṯîr)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3498: To jut over, exceed, to excel, to remain, be left, to leave, cause to abound, preserve


Additional Translations
The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:

The man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children whom he hath remaining;

He that is tender and very delicate within thee shall look with an evil eye upon his brother, and the wife in his bosom, and the children that are left, which may have been left to him;

The eye of the man in thy midst that is tender and very luxurious shall be evil towards his brother, and the wife of his bosom, and the residue of his children which he hath left;

The man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he hath remaining:

So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil towards his brother, and towards the wife of his bosom, and towards the remnant of his children whom he shall leave:

The man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children whom he has remaining;

The man who is tender in thee, and who is very delicate -- his eye is evil against his brother, and against the wife of his bosom, and against the remnant of his sons whom he leaveth,
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