Deuteronomy 28:3

Hebrew Names Version

Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You will be blessed in the cityand blessed in the country.

King James Version
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

Lexham English Bible
"You will be blessed in the city, and you will be blessed in the field.

English Standard Version
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

New Century Version
You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.

New English Translation
You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field.

Amplified Bible
"You will be blessed in the city, and you will be blessed in the field.

New American Standard Bible
"Blessed will you be in the city, and blessed will you be in the country.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Blessed shalt thou be in the citie, & blessed also in the fielde.

Legacy Standard Bible
"Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

Contemporary English Version
The Lord will make your businesses and your farms successful.

Complete Jewish Bible
"A blessing on you in the city, and a blessing on you in the countryside.

Darby Translation
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

Easy-to-Read Version
"He will bless you in the city and in the field.

George Lamsa Translation
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

Good News Translation
"The Lord will bless your towns and your fields.

Literal Translation
You shall be blessed in the city, and you shall be blessed in the field.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Blessed shalt thou be in the towne, and blessed in the felde.

American Standard Version
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

Bible in Basic English
A blessing will be on you in the town, and a blessing in the field.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Blessed shalt thou be in the citie, and blessed in the fielde

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

King James Version (1611)
Blessed shalt thou bee in the citie, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

English Revised Version
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

Berean Standard Bible
You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou schalt be blessid in citee, and blessid in feeld;

Young's Literal Translation
`Blessed [art] thou in the city, and blessed [art] thou in the field.

Update Bible Version
Blessed you shall be in the city, and blessed you shall be in the field.

Webster's Bible Translation
Blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the field.

World English Bible
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

New King James Version
"Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.

New Living Translation
Your towns and your fields will be blessed.

New Life Bible
Good will come to you in the city, and good will come to you in the country.

New Revised Standard
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Blessed shalt, thou be in the city, - and blessed shalt thou be in the field:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed in the field.

Revised Standard Version
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.

Contextual Overview

¹ It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all his mitzvot which I command you this day, who the LORD your God will set you on high above all the nations of the eretz: ² and all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall listen to the voice of the LORD your God. ³ Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. ⁴ Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your animals, the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock. ⁵ Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading-trough. ⁶ Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. ⁷ The LORD will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck before you: they shall come out against you one way, and shall flee before you seven ways. ⁸ The LORD will command the blessing on you in your barns, and in all that you put your hand to; and he will bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you. ⁹ The LORD will establish you for a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you; if you shall keep the mitzvot of the LORD your God, and walk in his ways. ¹⁰ All the peoples of the eretz shall see that you are called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in the city: Psalms 107:36, Psalms 107:37, Psalms 128:1-5, Psalms 144:12-15, Isaiah 65:21-23, Zechariah 8:3-5

in the field: Genesis 26:12, Genesis 39:5, Amos 9:13, Amos 9:14, Haggai 2:19, Malachi 3:10, Malachi 3:11

Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:21 - I will Deuteronomy 7:13 - he will also Deuteronomy 28:16 - in the city Isaiah 65:23 - shall Mark 10:16 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the eretz, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the eretz."

Genesis 9:1
God blessed Noach and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the eretz.

Genesis 13:16
I will make your offspring as the dust of the eretz, so that if a man can number the dust of the eretz, then your seed may also be numbered.

Genesis 24:60
They blessed Rivka, and said to her, "Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your seed possess the gate of those who hate them."

Genesis 28:1
Yitzchak called Ya`akov, blessed him, and commanded him, "You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Kana`an.

Genesis 28:6
Now Esav saw that Yitzchak had blessed Ya`akov and sent him away to Paddan-Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, "You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Kana`an,"

Genesis 28:17
He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven."

Genesis 28:18
Ya`akov rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.

Genesis 35:11
God said to him, "I am El Shaddai. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your loins.

Genesis 41:52
The name of the second, he called Efrayim: "For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the city,.... Not only in the city of Jerusalem, where the temple would be built, and there be blessed with the service, worship, and ordinances of God, but in all other cities of the land; where they should dwell in title, large, and spacious houses, and their cities should be walled and fenced, and be very populous; yet should enjoy health, and have plenty of all sorts of provisions brought unto them, as well as prosper in all kinds of merchandise there, as Aben Ezra notes:

and blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the field; in the country villages, and in all rural employments, in sowing and planting, as the same writer observes; in all kinds of husbandry, in the culture of the fields for corn, and of vineyards and oliveyards; all should prosper and succeed, and bring forth fruit abundantly.

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 28:3. In the city — In all civil employments. In the field - in all agricultural pursuits.