Deuteronomy 28:2

Amplified Bible

"All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you pay attention to the voice of the LORD your God.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
All these blessings will come and overtake you, because you obey the Lord your God:

Hebrew Names Version
and all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall listen to the voice of the LORD your God.

King James Version
And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.

Lexham English Bible
And all of these blessings shall come upon you, and they shall have an effect on you if you listen to the voice of Yahweh your God:

English Standard Version
And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God.

New Century Version
Obey the Lord your God so that all these blessings will come and stay with you:

New English Translation
All these blessings will come to you in abundance if you obey the Lord your God:

New American Standard Bible
"And all these blessings will come to you and reach you if you obey the LORD your God:

Geneva Bible (1587)
And all these blessings shal come on thee, and ouertake thee, if thou shalt obey the voyce of the Lord thy God.

Legacy Standard Bible
And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you listen to the voice of Yahweh your God:

Complete Jewish Bible
and all the following blessings will be yours in abundance — if you will do what Adonai your God says:

Darby Translation
and all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.

Easy-to-Read Version
If you will obey the Lord your God, all these blessings will come to you and be yours:

George Lamsa Translation
And all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall hearken to the voice of the LORD your God.

Good News Translation
Obey the Lord your God and all these blessings will be yours:

Literal Translation
And all these blessings shall come on you and overtake you if you will listen to the voice of Jehovah your God.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and all these blessynges shal come vpon the, and ouertake the, because thou hast bene obedient vnto the voyce of the LORDE thy God.

American Standard Version
and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.

Bible in Basic English
And all these blessings will come on you and overtake you, if your ears are open to the voice of the Lord your God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And all these blessinges shall come on thee and ouertake thee, if thou shalt hearken vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

King James Version (1611)
And all these blessings shall come on thee, and ouertake thee, if thou shalt hearken vnto the voice of the Lord thy God.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and shall find thee. If thou wilt indeed hear the voice of the Lord thy God,

English Revised Version
and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

Berean Standard Bible
All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And alle these blessyngis schulen come on thee, and schulen take thee; if netheles thou herist hise comaundementis.

Young's Literal Translation
and all these blessings have come upon thee, and overtaken thee, because thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God:

Update Bible Version
and all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.

Webster's Bible Translation
And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God.

World English Bible
and all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.

New King James Version
And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God:

New Living Translation
You will experience all these blessings if you obey the Lord your God:

New Life Bible
All these good things will come upon you if you will obey the Lord your God.

New Revised Standard
all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the Lord your God:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and all these blessings shall come in upon thee, and reach thee, - because thou dost hearken unto the voice of Yahweh thy God: -

Douay-Rheims Bible
And all these blessings shall come upon thee and overtake thee: yet so if thou hear his precepts.

Revised Standard Version
And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the LORD your God.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you obey the LORD your God:

Contextual Overview

¹"Now it shall be, if you diligently listen to and obey the voice of the LORD your God, being careful to do all of His commandments which I am commanding you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. ²"All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you pay attention to the voice of the LORD your God.³"You will be blessed in the city, and you will be blessed in the field. ⁴"The offspring of your body and the produce of your ground and the offspring of your animals, the offspring of your herd and the young of your flock will be blessed. ⁵"Your basket and your kneading bowl will be blessed. ⁶"You will be blessed when you come in and you will be blessed when you go out. ⁷"The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you; they will come out against you one way, but flee before you seven ways. ⁸"The LORD will command the blessing upon you in your storehouses and in all that you undertake, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you. ⁹"The LORD will establish you as a people holy [and set apart] to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk [that is, live your life each and every day] in His ways. ¹⁰"So all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will be afraid of you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

come on thee: Deuteronomy 28:15, Deuteronomy 28:45, Zechariah 1:6, 1 Timothy 4:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 22:17 - in blessing Genesis 49:25 - with blessings 2 Kings 2:19 - barren Job 1:10 - about Psalms 1:1 - Blessed Psalms 132:15 - bless her provision Proverbs 3:33 - he blesseth Proverbs 10:6 - Blessings Haggai 2:19 - from

Cross-References

Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master's camels, and set out, taking some of his master's good things with him; so he got up and journeyed to Mesopotamia [between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers], to the city of Nahor [the home of Abraham's brother].

Genesis 24:29
Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban; and Laban ran out to the man at the well.

Genesis 24:50
Then Laban and Bethuel answered, "The matter has come from the LORD; so we dare not speak bad or good [to you about it—we cannot interfere].

Genesis 25:20
Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean (Syrian) of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean.

Genesis 28:5
Then Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Genesis 28:15
"Behold, I am with you and will keep [careful watch over you and guard] you wherever you may go, and I will bring you back to this [promised] land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."

Genesis 28:20
Then Jacob made a vow (promise), saying, "If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey that I take, and will give me food to eat and clothing to wear,

Genesis 29:1
Then Jacob went on his way and came to the land of the people of the East [near Haran].

Genesis 31:18
and he drove away all his livestock and [took along] all his property which he had acquired, the livestock he had obtained and accumulated in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 32:10
I am unworthy of all the lovingkindness and compassion and of all the faithfulness which You have shown to Your servant. With only my staff [long ago] I crossed over this Jordan, and now I have become [blessed and increased into these] two groups [of people].

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee,.... After mentioned, which should come upon them from God from heaven, by the direction of his providence, and that freely and plentifully, and beyond their expectations and deserts, and continue with them:

if thou shall hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God; obedience to the law being the condition of their coming and continuance; for only temporal blessings in the land of Canaan are here intended, as follow.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A comparison of this chapter with Exodus 23:20-23 and Leviticus 26:0 will show how Moses here resumes and amplifies the promises and threats already set forth in the earlier records of the Law. The language rises in this chapter to the sublimest strains, especially in the latter part of it; and the prophecies respecting the dispersion and degradation of the Jewish nation in its later days are among the most remarkable in scripture. They are plain, precise, and circumstantial; and the fulfillment of them has been literal, complete, and undeniable.

The Blessing. The six repetitions of the word “blessed” introduce the particular forms which the blessing would take in the various relations of life.

Deuteronomy 28:5

The “basket” or bag was a customary means in the East for carrying about whatever might be needed for personal uses (compare Deuteronomy 26:2; John 13:29).

The “store” is rather the kneading-trough Exodus 8:3; Exodus 12:34. The blessings here promised relate, it will be observed, to private and personal life: in Deuteronomy 28:7 those which are of a more public and national character are brought forward.

Deuteronomy 28:9

The oath with which God vouchsafed to confirm His promises to the patriarchs (compare Genesis 22:16; Hebrews 6:13-14) contained by implication these gifts of holiness and eminence to Israel (compare the marginal references).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 28:2. All these blessings shall come on thee — God shall pour out his blessing from heaven upon thee. And overtake thee. Upright men are represented as going to the kingdom of God, and God's blessings as following and overtaking them in their heavenly journey. There are several things in this verse worthy of the most careful observation: -

1. If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. The voice of God must be heard; without a Divine revelation how can the Divine will be known? And if not known, it cannot be fulfilled.

2. When God speaks, men must hearken to the words of his mouth. He who does not hearken will not obey.

3. He who hearkens to the words of God must set out for the kingdom of heaven. The curse must fall on him who stands in the way of sinners, and will overtake them who loiter in the way of righteousness.

4. Those who run in the way of God's testimonies shall have an abundance of blessing. Blessings shall come upon them, and blessings shall overtake them - in every part of their march through life they shall continue to receive the fulfilment of the various promises of God which relate to all circumstances, vicissitudes, trials, stages of life, &c., &c., each overtaking them in the time and place where most needed.