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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Your towns and your fields will be blessed.

Context of Deuteronomy 28:3

1If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. 2All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God: You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. 4The 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. 5Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.

Deuteronomy 28:3 word by word

בָּר֥וּךְ אַתָּ֖ה בָּעִ֑יר וּבָר֥וּךְ אַתָּ֖ה בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Blessedבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288
• in the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• in the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:3

• Psalms 107:36there he brought the hungry to live, and they founded a city where they could settle.
• Psalms 128:1Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him.
• Psalms 144:12Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
• Isaiah 65:21They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
• Zechariah 8:3This is what the Lord says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City, and the mountain of the Lord Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain.”
• Genesis 26:12Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the Lord blessed him.
• Genesis 39:5From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field.
• Amos 9:13“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman and the planter by the one treading grapes. New wine will drip from the mountains and flow from all the hills,
• Haggai 2:19Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree have not borne fruit. “ ‘From this day on I will bless you.’ ”
• Malachi 3:10Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.

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

Topics related to Deuteronomy 28:3

• Blessing
• Obedience
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

• Above
• Command
• Crush
• Delicateness
• Doubt
• Dress
• Emerods
• Enjoy
• Fearful
• Field

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