New English Translation
Deuteronomy 28:4
4Your children will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.
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
2All these blessings will come to you in abundance if you obey the Lord your God: 3You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field. Your children will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks. 5Your basket and your mixing bowl will be blessed. 6You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
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 4:11You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it and yet dark with a thick cloud.
- Deuteronomy 7:13He will love and bless you, and make you numerous. He will bless you with many children, with the produce of your soil, your grain, your new wine, your oil, the offspring of your oxen, and the young of your flocks in the land which he promised your ancestors to give you.
- Genesis 22:17I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.
- Genesis 49:25because of the God of your father, who will help you, because of the sovereign God, who will bless you with blessings from the sky above, blessings from the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and womb.
- Leviticus 26:9I will turn to you, make you fruitful, multiply you, and maintain my covenant with you.
- Psalms 107:38He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.
- Psalms 127:3Yes, sons are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.
- Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house; your children will be like olive branches, as they sit all around your table.
- Proverbs 10:22The blessing from the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.
- Proverbs 20:7The righteous person behaves in integrity; blessed are his children after him.
- 1 Timothy 4:8For “physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life 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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