Deuteronomy 33:28

Deuteronomy 33:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
• New International Version (NIV)So Israel will live in safety; Jacob will dwell secure in a land of grain and new wine, where the heavens drop dew.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Israel lived in safety, Jacob lived alone, in a land of grain and wine, whose heavens drop down dew.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Israel shall dwell in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; His heavens shall also drop dew.

Context of Deuteronomy 33:28

26“There is none like the God of Jeshurun, Who rides the heavens to your help, And through the skies in His majesty. 27The eternal God is a dwelling place, And underneath are the everlasting arms; And He drove out the enemy from before you, And said, ‘Destroy!’ So Israel dwells in security, The fountain of Jacob secluded, In a land of grain and new wine; His heavens also drop down dew. 29Blessed are you, O Israel; Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, Who is the shield of your help And the sword of your majesty! So your enemies will cringe before you, And you will tread upon their high places.”

Deuteronomy 33:28 word by word

וַיִּשְׁכֹּן֩ יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל בֶּ֤טַח בָּדָד֙ עֵ֣ין יַעֲקֹ֔ב אֶל־אֶ֖רֶץ דָּגָ֣ן וְתִיר֑וֹשׁ אַף־שָׁמָ֖יו יַֽעַרְפוּ טָֽל׃Read the interlinear

• So Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• dwellsשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
• in securityבֶּ֫טַחbeţach · securityH983
• of Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• secludedבָּדָדbâdâd · isolationH910
• In a landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of grainדָּגָןdâgân · grainH1715
• and newתִּירוֹשׁtîyrôsh tîyrôsh · new wineH8492
• His heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• alsoאַף'aph · alsoH637
• dropעָרַף‛âraph · to dropH6201
• dewטַלţal · dewH2919

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 33:28

• Exodus 33:16For how then can it be known that I have found favor in Your sight, I and Your people? Is it not by Your going with us, so that we, I and Your people, may be distinguished from all the other people who are upon the face of the earth?”
• Numbers 23:9As I see him from the top of the rocks, And I look at him from the hills; Behold, a people who dwells apart, And will not be reckoned among the nations.
• Jeremiah 23:6In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell securely; And this is His name by which He will be called, ‘The Lord our righteousness.’
• Jeremiah 33:16In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell in safety; and this is the name by which she will be called: the Lord is our righteousness.’
• Ezekiel 34:25“I will make a covenant of peace with them and eliminate harmful beasts from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
• Revelation 21:27and nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
• Revelation 22:14Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city.
• Deuteronomy 8:7For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;
• Psalms 68:26Bless God in the congregations, Even the Lord, you who are of the fountain of Israel.
• Proverbs 5:15Drink water from your own cistern And fresh water from your own well.
• Isaiah 48:1“Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are named Israel And who came forth from the loins of Judah, Who swear by the name of the Lord And invoke the God of Israel, But not in truth nor in righteousness.
• Deuteronomy 33:13Of Joseph he said, “Blessed of the Lord be his land, With the choice things of heaven, with the dew, And from the deep lying beneath,
• Deuteronomy 11:11But the land into which you are about to cross to possess it, a land of hills and valleys, drinks water from the rain of heaven,
• Deuteronomy 32:2Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As the droplets on the fresh grass And as the showers on the herb.
• Genesis 27:28Now may God give you of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And an abundance of grain and new wine;

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 33:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28Israel then shall dwell - alone - This people shall not be incorporated with any other people under heaven. A prophecy which continues to be fulfilled to the very letter. Every attempt to unite them with any other people has proved absolutely ineffectual. The fountain of Jacob - His offspring, shall possess a most fertile land; such was Palestine.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28The fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine - The King James Version does not preserve the symmetry of the clauses. Render it: “Israel shall dwell in safety; alone shall the fountain of Jacob be” (compare Psalm 68:26; Isaiah 48:1); “in a land,” etc.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-29Verses 26-29 None had such a God as Israel. There is no people like the Israel of God. What is here said of the church of Israel is to be applied to the spiritual church. Never were people so well seated and sheltered. Those who make God their habitation, shall have all the comforts and benefits of a habitation in him, Psa 91:1. Never were people so well supported and borne up. How low soever the people of God are at any time brought, everlasting arms are…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-29On the day before he died, Jacob blessed his 12 sons (Genesis 49:1–28). Many years later, Moses also blessed these same sons. By that time, they had become large and powerful tribes. Moses, like Jacob, spoke as a founding father of the nation.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 26-2926-29. There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun--The chapter concludes with a congratulatory address to Israel on their peculiar happiness and privilege in having Jehovah for their God and protector. who rideth upon the heaven in thy help--an evident allusion to the pillar of cloud and fire, which was both the guide and shelter of Israel.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 33

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings