Deuteronomy 28:3

Green's Literal Translation

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

Parallel Translations

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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:

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Contextual Overview

¹ And it shall be if listening you will listen to the voice of Jehovah your God, taking heed to do all His commandments which I command you this day, Jehovah your God shall give you to be on high above all nations of the earth. ² And all these blessings shall come on you and overtake you if you will listen to the voice of Jehovah your God. ³ You shall be blessed in the city, and you shall be blessed in the field. ⁴ The fruit of your body shall be blessed, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your livestock, the offspring of your oxen, and the young ones of your flock. ⁵ Your basket and your kneadingtrough shall be blessed. ⁶ You shall be blessed when you come in, and you shall be blessed when you go out. ⁷ Jehovah shall cause your enemies that rise up against you to be stricken before your face. They shall come out against you one way, and flee before you seven ways. ⁸ Jehovah shall command the blessing on you in your storehouses and all that you set your hand to . And He shall bless you in the land which Jehovah your God is giving to you. ⁹ Jehovah shall establish you a holy people to Himself, as He has sworn to you, if you shall keep the commands of Jehovah your God and welcome His ways. ¹⁰ And all the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of Jehovah, and they shall fear 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
And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the seas, and over birds of the heavens, and over all beasts creeping on the earth.

Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noah and his sons. And He said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.

Genesis 13:16
And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your seed also will be counted.

Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Our sister, may you become myriads of thousands, and may your seed possess the gate of ones hating them.

Genesis 28:1
And Isaac called Jacob. And he blessed him and commanded him, and said to him, You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

Genesis 28:6
And Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and had sent him away to Padan-aram to take a wife for himself from there. In his blessing he had commanded him, saying, You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan;

Genesis 28:17
And he was afraid, and said, How fearful is this place! This is nothing except the house of God, and this is the door to Heaven.

Genesis 28:18
And Jacob started up early in the morning and took the stone which he had placed at his head, and he placed it as a pillar; and he poured oil on the top of it.

Genesis 35:11
And God said to him, I am God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall be from you. And kings shall go forth from your loins.

Genesis 41:52
And the name of the second he called Ephraim; for he said , 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.