Deuteronomy 28:12

Deuteronomy 28:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.

Context of Deuteronomy 28:12

10So all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they will be afraid of you. 11The Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in the offspring of your body and in the offspring of your beast and in the produce of your ground, in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. The Lord will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13The Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you only will be above, and you will not be underneath, if you listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, which I charge you today, to observe them carefully, 14and do not turn aside from any of the words which I command you today, to the right or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

Deuteronomy 28:12 word by word

יִפְתַּ֣ח יְהוָ֣ה׀ לְ֠ךָ אֶת־אוֹצָר֨וֹ הַטּ֜וֹב אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם לָתֵ֤ת מְטַֽר־אַרְצְךָ֙ בְּעִתּ֔וֹ וּלְבָרֵ֕ךְ אֵ֖ת כָּל־מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָדֶ֑ךָ וְהִלְוִ֙יתָ֙ גּוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֔ים וְאַתָּ֖ה לֹ֥א תִלְוֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• will openפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• for you His goodטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• storehouseאוֹצָר'ôtsâr · treasureH214
• the heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• to giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• rainמָטַרmâţâr · rainH4306
• to your landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• in its seasonעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• and to blessבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• of your handיָדyâd · handH3027
• you shall lendלָוָהlâvâh · to borrowH3867
• to manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:12

• Deuteronomy 11:14that He will give the rain for your land in its season, the early and late rain, that you may gather in your grain and your new wine and your oil.
• Leviticus 26:4then I shall give you rains in their season, so that the land will yield its produce and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
• Job 38:22Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
• Psalms 65:9You visit the earth and cause it to overflow; You greatly enrich it; The stream of God is full of water; You prepare their grain, for thus You prepare the earth.
• Psalms 135:7He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; Who makes lightnings for the rain, Who brings forth the wind from His treasuries.
• Joel 2:23So rejoice, O sons of Zion, And be glad in the Lord your God; For He has given you the early rain for your vindication. And He has poured down for you the rain, The early and latter rain as before.
• Deuteronomy 14:29The Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance among you, and the alien, the orphan and the widow who are in your town, shall come and eat and be satisfied, in order that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
• Deuteronomy 15:10You shall generously give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all your undertakings.
• Deuteronomy 28:44He shall lend to you, but you will not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you will be the tail.
• Deuteronomy 15:6For the Lord your God will bless you as He has promised you, and you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow; and you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you.
• Proverbs 22:7The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure - The clouds, so that a sufficiency of fructifying showers should descend at all requisite times, and the vegetative principle in the earth should unfold and exert itself, so that their crops should be abundant.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. 12His abundant storehouse: This metaphor describes the clouds that provide life-giving rain to the earth.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure--The seasonable supply of the early and latter rain was one of the principal means by which their land was so uncommonly fruitful. thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow--that is, thou shalt be in such affluent circumstances, as to be capable, out of thy superfluous wealth, to give aid to thy poorer neighbors.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 28:12

• Blessing
• Obedience
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

• Above
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• Doubt
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• Enjoy
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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