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Webster's Bible Translation

Deuteronomy 28:3

Blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the field.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Obedience;   Righteous;   The Topic Concordance - Blessings;   Calling;   Israel/jews;   Obedience;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Obedience to God;   Rebellion against God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gerizim;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Farming;   Nature;   Wealth;   Weather;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Amos, Theology of;   Blessing;   Command, Commandment;   Land (of Israel);   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Faithfulness of God;   Jews;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Field;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Sadducees;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Blessing and Cursing;   Covenant;   Fertility Cult;   Field;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Agriculture;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Mount gerizim;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Captivity;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   Law of Moses, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Eschatology of the Old Testament (with Apocryphal and Apocalyptic Writings);   Salvation;  

Devotionals:

- Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for February 13;  

Parallel Translations

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.
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.
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 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently to the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe [and] to do all his commandments which I command thee this day; that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God. 3 Blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the field. 4 Blessed [shall be] the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy cattle, and the flocks of thy sheep. 5 Blessed [shall be] thy basket and thy store. 6 Blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou comest in, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou goest out. 7 The LORD shall cause thy enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. 8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy store-houses, and in all that thou settest thy hand to: and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 9 The LORD shall establish thee a holy people to himself, as he hath sworn to thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways. 10 And all the people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.

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 replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living animal that moveth upon the earth.
Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Genesis 13:16
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, [then] shall thy seed also be numbered.
Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Thou [art] our sister, be thou [the mother] of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those who hate them.
Genesis 28:1
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Genesis 28:6
When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him, he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
Genesis 28:17
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful [is] this place! this [is] no other but the house of God, and this [is] the gate of heaven.
Genesis 28:18
And Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put [for] his pillows, and set it up [for] a pillar, and 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 multitude of nations shall spring from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.
Genesis 41:52
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: for God hath caused me to be 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.


 
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