SEV Biblia, Chapter 28:13
Y te pondrá el SEÑOR por cabeza, y no por cola; y estarás encima solamente, y no estarás debajo; cuando escuchares a los mandamientos del SEÑOR tu Dios, que yo te mando hoy, para que los guardes y cumplas.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 13. And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail , etc.] Give them dominion over others, and not make them subject to them; the head signifies rulers and governors, and the tail the common people that are subjects; or the one such that are honourable and in high esteem, and the other such that are mean and base; (see Isaiah 9:14,15); the Targum of Jonathan is, “the Word of the Lord shall make thee, etc.” and thou shalt be above only, and thou shall not be beneath ; which explains what is meant by head and tail, being uppermost and lowermost, as the head is the upper part, and the tail the lower part of a creature; the one is more honourable, the other vile: the sense is, that they should be superior to other people in honour and dignity, and not below them, or vassals to them: if that thou hearken to the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day to observe and to do [them] ; which is the condition on which all this happiness depended.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-14 - This chapter is a very large exposition of two words, the blessing an the curse. They are real things and have real effects. The blessing are here put before the curses. God is slow to anger, but swift to sho mercy. It is his delight to bless. It is better that we should be draw to what is good by a child-like hope of God's favour, than that we be frightened to it by a slavish fear of his wrath. The blessing i promised, upon condition that they diligently hearken to the voice of God. Let them keep up religion, the form and power of it, in their families and nation, then the providence of God would prosper all their outward concerns.
Original Hebrew
ונתנך 5414 יהוה 3068 לראשׁ 7218 ולא 3808 לזנב 2180 והיית 1961 רק 7535 למעלה 4605 ולא 3808 תהיה 1961 למטה 4295 כי 3588 תשׁמע 8085 אל 413 מצות 4687 יהוה 3068 אלהיך 430 אשׁר 834 אנכי 595 מצוך 6680 היום 3117 לשׁמר 8104 ולעשׂות׃ 6213
