New American Standard Bible 1995
Leviticus 26:5
51Indeed, your threshing will last for you until grape gathering, and grape gathering will last until sowing time. You will thus eat your 2food to the full and 3live securely in your land.
Leviticus 26:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
- New International Version (NIV)Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will eat all the food you want and live in safety in your land.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your threshing shall last to the time of the grape harvest, and the grape harvest shall last to the time for sowing. And you shall eat your bread to the full and dwell in your land securely.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your threshing shall last till the time of vintage, and the vintage shall last till the time of sowing; you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
Context of Leviticus 26:5
3If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments so as to carry them out, 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. Indeed, your threshing will last for you until grape gathering, and grape gathering will last until sowing time. You will thus eat your food to the full and live securely in your land. 6I shall also grant peace in the land, so that you may lie down with no one making you tremble. I shall also eliminate harmful beasts from the land, and no sword will pass through your land. 7But you will chase your enemies and they will fall before you by the sword;
Read all of Leviticus 26Leviticus 26:5 word by word
וְהִשִּׂ֨יג לָכֶ֥ם דַּ֙יִשׁ֙ אֶת־בָּצִ֔יר וּבָצִ֖יר יַשִּׂ֣יג אֶת־זָ֑רַע וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֤ם לַחְמְכֶם֙ לָשֹׂ֔בַע וִֽישַׁבְתֶּ֥ם לָבֶ֖טַח בְּאַרְצְכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
- Indeed, your threshingדַּ֫יִשׁdayish · threshingH1786
- will lastנָשַׂגnâώag · to overtakeH5381
- grapeבָּצִירbâtsîyr · vintageH1210
- sowingזָרַעzâra‛ · to sowH2232
- timeזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seedH2233
- You will thus eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- foodלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
- to the fullשֹׂ֫בַעώôba‛ · satietyH7648
- liveיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
- securelyבֶּ֫טַחbeţach · securityH983
- in your landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
Cross-references for Leviticus 26:5
- Amos 9:13“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “When the plowman will overtake the reaper And the treader of grapes him who sows seed; When the mountains will drip sweet wine And all the hills will be dissolved.
- Matthew 9:37Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
- John 4:35Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest.
- Leviticus 25:19Then the land will yield its produce, so that you can eat your fill and live securely on it.
- Exodus 16:8Moses said, “This will happen when the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening, and bread to the full in the morning; for the Lord hears your grumblings which you grumble against Him. And what are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the Lord.”
- Deuteronomy 11:15He will give grass in your fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied.
- Joel 2:19The Lord will answer and say to His people, “Behold, I am going to send you grain, new wine and oil, And you will be satisfied in full with them; And I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.
- Acts 14:17and yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”
- 1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.
- Leviticus 25:18‘You shall thus observe My statutes and keep My judgments, so as to carry them out, that you may live securely on the land.
- Job 11:18Then you would trust, because there is hope; And you would look around and rest securely.
- Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
- Psalms 90:1Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.
- Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Proverbs 1:33But he who listens to me shall live securely And will be at ease from the dread of evil.”
- Proverbs 18:10The name of the Lord is a strong tower; The righteous runs into it and is safe.
Commentaries on Leviticus 26:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Your threshing shall reach unto the vintage - According to Pliny, Hist. Nat., l. xviii., c. 18, the Egyptians reaped their barley six months, and their oats seven months, after seed time; for they sowed all their grain about the end of summer, when the overflowings of the Nile had ceased. It was nearly the same in Judaea: they sowed their corn and barley towards the end of autumn, and about the month of October; and they began their barley-harvest after…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. 5When Israel returned from captivity, God promised such a great harvest that it would last until the time of planting the next crops (see Amos 9:13; Joel 3:18).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time, &c.--The barley harvest in Judea was about the middle of April; the wheat harvest about six weeks after, or in the beginning of June. After the harvest came the vintage, and fruit gathering towards the latter end of July. Moses led the Hebrews to believe that, provided they were faithful to God, there would be no idle time between the harvest and vintage, so…Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Leviticus 26:5 Deut 11:15; Joel 2:19, 26; Amos 9:13 ↩
- 2. Leviticus 26:5 Lit bread ↩
- 3. Leviticus 26:5 Lev 25:18, 19; Ezek 34:25 ↩
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
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