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New King James Version

Deuteronomy 33:15

With the best things of the ancient mountains, With the precious things of the everlasting hills,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Death;   Earth;   Ephraim;   Intercession;   Joseph;   Manasseh;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ephraim, Tribe of;   Manasseh, the Tribe of;   Mountains;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy;   Simeon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Joseph;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Manasseh (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Deep, the;   Poetry;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Targums;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Joseph ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ephraim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ancient;   Everlasting;   Hill;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ephraim;   Jacob, Blessing of;   Simḥat Torah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
with the best products of the ancient mountainsand the bounty of the eternal hills;
Hebrew Names Version
For the chief things of the ancient mountains, For the precious things of the everlasting hills,
King James Version
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
Lexham English Bible
and with the finest things of the ancient mountains, and with the choice things of the eternal hills,
English Standard Version
with the finest produce of the ancient mountains and the abundance of the everlasting hills,
New Century Version
Let the old mountains give the finest crops, and let the everlasting hills give the best fruits.
New English Translation
with the best of the ancient mountains and the harvest produced by the age-old hills;
Amplified Bible
"With the best things of the ancient mountains, And with the precious things of the everlasting hills,
New American Standard Bible
And with the best things of the ancient mountains, With the choice things of the everlasting hills,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And for the sweetenes of the top of the ancient mountaines, and for the sweetenes of the olde hilles,
Legacy Standard Bible
And with the best things of the ancient mountains,And with the choice things of the everlasting hills,
Contemporary English Version
You will have a rich harvest from the slopes of the ancient hills.
Complete Jewish Bible
with the best from the mountains of old, with the best from the eternal hills,
Darby Translation
And by the best things of the ancient mountains, And by the precious things of the everlasting hills,
Easy-to-Read Version
Let the hills and ancient mountains produce their best fruit.
George Lamsa Translation
With the best fruits of the eastern mountains, with the fruit of the eternal hills,
Good News Translation
May their ancient hills be covered with choice fruit.
Literal Translation
and with the first of the ancient mountains, and with the best of the everlasting hills;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And of ye toppes of the mountaynes of olde, and of the hilles allwaye,
American Standard Version
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, And for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
Bible in Basic English
And the chief things of the oldest mountains, and the good things of the eternal hills,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For the first fruites of the principall mountaynes, and for the fruites that the hylles bryng foorth for euer:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And for the tops of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
King James Version (1611)
And for the chiefe things of the ancient mountaines, and for the precious things of the lasting hils,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
from the top of the ancient mountains, and from the top of the everlasting hills,
English Revised Version
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, And for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
Berean Standard Bible
with the best of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and of the applis of euerlastynge litle hillis;
Young's Literal Translation
And by chief things -- of the ancient mountains, And by precious things -- of the age-during heights,
Update Bible Version
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, And for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
Webster's Bible Translation
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
World English Bible
For the chief things of the ancient mountains, For the precious things of the everlasting hills,
New Living Translation
with the finest crops of the ancient mountains, and the abundance from the everlasting hills;
New Life Bible
May the Lord bring good to his land with the best things of the old mountains, and the best things of the hills that last forever,
New Revised Standard
with the finest produce of the ancient mountains, and the abundance of the everlasting hills;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And with the chief of the ancient mountains, - And with the precious things of the age-abiding hills;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Of the tops of the ancient mountains, of the fruits of the everlasting hills:
Revised Standard Version
with the finest produce of the ancient mountains, and the abundance of the everlasting hills,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And with the best things of the ancient mountains, And with the choice things of the everlasting hills,

Contextual Overview

12 Of Benjamin he said: "The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by Him, Who shelters him all the day long; And he shall dwell between His shoulders." 13 And of Joseph he said: "Blessed of the LORD is his land, With the precious things of heaven, with the dew, And the deep lying beneath, 14 With the precious fruits of the sun, With the precious produce of the months, 15 With the best things of the ancient mountains, With the precious things of the everlasting hills, 16 With the precious things of the earth and its fullness,And the favor of Him who dwelt in the bush.Let the blessing come 'on the head of Joseph,And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.' Genesis 49:26 ">[fn] 17 His glory is like a firstborn bull, And his horns like the horns of the wild ox; Together with them He shall push the peoples To the ends of the earth; They are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Manasseh."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Genesis 49:26, Habakkuk 3:6, James 5:7

Reciprocal: 1 Timothy 6:17 - that they

Cross-References

Genesis 34:11
Then Shechem said to her father and her brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will give.
Genesis 47:25
So they said, "You have saved our lives; let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants."
Ruth 2:13
Then she said, "Let me find favor in your sight, my lord; for you have comforted me, and have spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your maidservants."
1 Samuel 25:8
Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we come on a feast day. Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David."'
2 Samuel 16:4
So the king said to Ziba, "Here, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours." And Ziba said, "I humbly bow before you, that I may find favor in your sight, my lord, O king!"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And for the chief things of the ancient mountains,.... Which were from the beginning of the world, and for which the land, possessed by the children of Joseph, Manasseh, and Ephraim, were famous; as the mountains of Gilead and Bashan, inherited by the former, and Mount Ephraim, and the mountains of Samaria, by the latter; which produced, besides great quantities of grass and corn, also vines, figs, olives, c.

and for the precious things of the lasting hills which will endure as long as the world, the same as before in other words; and which precious things may be emblems of the spiritual blessings of grace, provided in an everlasting covenant, and given to Christ for his people before the world began, or any mountains and hills were formed, and which are as lasting and as immovable as they are; see Proverbs 8:22, Isaiah 54:10.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Comparing the words of Moses with those of Jacob, it will be seen that the patriarch dwells with emphasis on the severe conflicts which Joseph, i. e., Ephraim and Manasseh, would undergo (compare Genesis 49:23-24); while the lawgiver seems to look beyond, and to behold the two triumphant and established in their power.

Deuteronomy 33:17

Rather: “The first-born of his” (i. e. Joseph’s) “bullock is his glory”: the reference being to Ephraim, who was raised by Jacob to the honors of the firstborn (Genesis 48:20, and is here likened to the firstling of Joseph’s oxen, i. e., of Joseph’s offspring. The ox is a common emblem of power and strength.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 33:15. The chief things of the ancient mountains — ומראש הררי קדם umerosh harerey kedem, and from the head or top of the ancient or eastern mountains, the precious things or productions being still understood. And this probably refers to the large trees, &c., growing on the mountain tops, and the springs of water issuing from them. The mountains of Gilead may be here intended, as they fell to the half tribe of Manasseh. And the precious things of the lasting hills may signify the metals and minerals which might be digged out of them.


 
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