New American Standard Bible 2020
Deuteronomy 28:3
Deuteronomy 28:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
- New International Version (NIV)You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.
Context of Deuteronomy 28:3
1“Now it shall be, if you diligently obey the Lord your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I am commanding you today, that the Lord your God will put you high above all the nations of the earth. 2And all these blessings will come to you and reach you if you obey the Lord your God: “Blessed will you be in the city, and blessed will you be in the country. 4“Blessed will be the children of your womb, the produce of your ground, and the offspring of your animals: the newborn of your herd and the young of your flock. 5“Blessed will be your basket and your kneading bowl.
Read all of Deuteronomy 28Deuteronomy 28:3 word by word
בָּר֥וּךְ אַתָּ֖ה בָּעִ֑יר וּבָר֥וּךְ אַתָּ֖ה בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:3
- Psalms 107:36And He has the hungry live there, So that they may establish an inhabited city,
- Psalms 128:1Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, Who walks in His ways.
- Psalms 144:12When our sons in their youth are like growing plants, And our daughters like corner pillars fashioned for a palace,
- Isaiah 65:21They will build houses and inhabit them; They will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
- Zechariah 8:3The Lord says this: ‘I will return to Zion and dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the Lord of armies will be called the Holy Mountain.’
- Genesis 26:12Now Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundred times as much. And the Lord blessed him,
- Genesis 39:5It came about that from the time he made him overseer in his house and over all that he owned, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house on account of Joseph; so the Lord’s blessing was upon all that he owned, in the house and in the field.
- Amos 9:13“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “When the plowman will overtake the reaper, And the one who treads grapes will overtake him who sows the seed; When the mountains will drip grape juice, And all the hills will come apart.
- Haggai 2:19Is the seed still in the barn? Even including the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree, it has not produced fruit. Yet from this day on I will bless you.’”
- Malachi 3:10Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and put Me to the test now in this,” says the Lord of armies, “if I do not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3In the city - In all civil employments. In the field - in all agricultural pursuits.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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