Leviticus 26:4

Leviticus 26:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
• New International Version (NIV)I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit.
• English Standard Version (ESV)then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
• New King James Version (NKJV)then I will give you rain in its season, the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

Context of Leviticus 26:4

2You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD. 3If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments, I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit. 5Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land. 6And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.

Leviticus 26:4 word by word

וְנָתַתִּ֥י גִשְׁמֵיכֶ֖ם בְּעִתָּ֑ם וְנָתְנָ֤ה הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ יְבוּלָ֔הּ וְעֵ֥ץ הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה יִתֵּ֥ן פִּרְיֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• I will giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• you rainsגֶּ֫שֶׁםgeshem · rainH1653
• in their seasonעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• and the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• its produceיְבוּלyebûl · cropsH2981
• and the treesעֵץ‛êts · treeH6086
• of the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• their fruitפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529

Cross-references for Leviticus 26:4

• Deuteronomy 28:12The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.
• 1 Kings 17:1Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
• Job 5:10He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
• Job 37:11He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
• Job 38:25Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,
• Psalms 65:9You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.
• Psalms 68:9You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your weary inheritance.
• Psalms 104:13He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.
• Isaiah 5:6I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
• Isaiah 30:23Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
• Jeremiah 14:22Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
• Ezekiel 34:26I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.
• Joel 2:23Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
• Amos 4:7“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.
• Matthew 5:45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
• Acts 14:17Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”

Commentaries on Leviticus 26:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Rain in due season - What in Scripture is called the early and the latter rain. The first fell in Palestine at the commencement of spring, and the latter in autumn - Calmet.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-45Verses 3-45 As “the book of the covenant” Exodus 23:20-33, so does this collection of laws contained in the Book of Leviticus. But the former passage relates to the conquest of the land of promise, this one to the subsequent history of the nation. The longer similar passage in Deuteronomy Leviticus 26:4 Rain in due season - The periodical rains, on which the fertility of the holy land so much depends, are here spoken of. There are two wet seasons, called…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-39These blessings and curses are similar to a key part of ancient Near Eastern treaties between a suzerain (a powerful king) and a vassal (a lesser king). In these treaties, the suzerain king promised to protect the vassal king and his land. In return, the vassal swore loyalty to the suzerain. Blessings and curses followed, with curses usually being longer (compare Leviticus 26:3–13 with 26:14–39; see also Deuteronomy 27:15–28:68). These treaties often…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase--Rain seldom fell in Judea except at two seasons--the former rain at the end of autumn, the seedtime; and the latter rain in spring, before the beginning of harvest (Jr 5:24).Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 26:4

• Blessing
• Contingencies
• Gifts from God
• Obedience
• Rain
• Reward

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Commentaries on Leviticus 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings