God’s Word Translation
Deuteronomy 28:4
4You will be blessed. You will have children. Your land will have crops. Your animals will have offspring. Your cattle will have calves, and your flocks will have lambs and kids.
Deuteronomy 28:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
- New International Version (NIV)The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
Context of Deuteronomy 28:4
2These are all the blessings that will come to you and stay close to you because you obey the Lord your God: 3You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. You will be blessed. You will have children. Your land will have crops. Your animals will have offspring. Your cattle will have calves, and your flocks will have lambs and kids. 5The grain you harvest and the bread you bake will be blessed. 6You will be blessed when you come and blessed when you go.
Read all of Deuteronomy 28Deuteronomy 28:4 word by word
בָּר֧וּךְ פְּרִֽי־בִטְנְךָ֛ וּפְרִ֥י אַדְמָתְךָ֖ וּפְרִ֣י בְהֶמְתֶּ֑ךָ שְׁגַ֥ר אֲלָפֶ֖יךָ וְעַשְׁתְּר֥וֹת צֹאנֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Blessedבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288
- the fruitפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529
- of thy bodyבֶּ֫טֶןbeţen · belly: wombH990
- of thy groundאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
- of thy cattleבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
- the increaseשֶׁ֫גֶרsheger · offspringH7698
- of thy kineאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · cattleH504
- and the flocksעַשְׁתָּרוֹת‛ashterâh · youngH6251
- of thy sheepצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:4
- Deuteronomy 4:11So you came and stood at the foot of the mountain, which was on fire with flames shooting into the sky. It was dark, cloudy, and gloomy.
- Deuteronomy 7:13He will love you, bless you, and increase the number of your descendants. He will bless you with children. He will bless your land with produce: grain, new wine, and olive oil. He will bless your herds with calves, and your flocks with lambs and kids. This will all happen in the land the Lord will give you, as he swore to your ancestors.
- Genesis 22:17I will certainly bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of their enemies’ cities.
- Genesis 49:25because of the God of your father who helps you, because of the Almighty who gives you blessings from the heavens above, blessings from the deep springs below the ground, blessings from breasts and womb.
- Leviticus 26:9and I will be pleased with you. Your families will be large, and I will keep my promise to you.
- Psalms 107:38He blesses them, and their numbers multiply, and he does not allow a shortage of cattle.
- Psalms 127:3Children are an inheritance from the Lord. They are a reward from him.
- Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine inside your home. Your children will be like young olive trees around your table.
- Proverbs 10:22It is the Lord’s blessing that makes a person rich, and hard work adds nothing to it.
- Proverbs 20:7A righteous person lives on the basis of his integrity. Blessed are his children after he is gone.
- 1 Timothy 4:8Training the body helps a little, but godly living helps in every way. Godly living has the promise of life now and in the world to come.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Fruit of thy body - All thy children. Increase of thy kine, etc.; every animal employed in domestic and agricultural purposes shall be under the especial protection of Divine Providence.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-14Verses 1-14 A comparison of this chapter with Exodus 23:20-23 and 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-68This section explains the conditions for receiving the covenant blessing, the types of blessings, and the curses that will occur if people ignore or disobey these rules (28:1–14; 28:15–68).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-681. if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God--In this chapter the blessings and curses are enumerated at length, and in various minute details, so that on the first entrance of the Israelites into the land of promise, their whole destiny was laid before them, as it was to result from their obedience or the contrary.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28
- 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
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