Leviticus 26:4

Leviticus 26:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
• English Standard Version (ESV)then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
• New King James Version (NKJV)then I will give you rain in its season, the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I will send you the seasonal rains. The land will then yield its crops, and the trees of the field will produce their fruit.

Context of Leviticus 26:4

2“ ‘Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the Lord. 3“ ‘If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit. 5Your 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. 6“ ‘I will grant peace in the land, and you will lie down and no one will make you afraid. I will remove wild beasts from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country.

Leviticus 26:4 word by word

וְנָתַתִּ֥י גִשְׁמֵיכֶ֖ם בְּעִתָּ֑ם וְנָתְנָ֤ה הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ יְבוּלָ֔הּ וְעֵ֥ץ הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה יִתֵּ֥ן פִּרְיֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then I will giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• you rainגֶּ֫שֶׁםgeshem · rainH1653
• in due seasonעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• and the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• her increaseיְבוּלyebûl · cropsH2981
• and the treesעֵץ‛êts · treeH6086
• of the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• their fruitפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529

Cross-references for Leviticus 26:4

• Deuteronomy 28:12The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.
• 1 Kings 17:1Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.”
• Job 5:10He provides rain for the earth; he sends water on the countryside.
• Job 37:11He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through them.
• Job 38:25Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,
• Psalms 65:9You care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with grain, for so you have ordained it.
• Psalms 68:9You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance.
• Psalms 104:13He waters the mountains from his upper chambers; the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.
• Isaiah 5:6I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.”
• Isaiah 30:23He will also send you rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich and plentiful. In that day your cattle will graze in broad meadows.
• Jeremiah 14:22Do any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies themselves send down showers? No, it is you, Lord our God. Therefore our hope is in you, for you are the one who does all this.
• Ezekiel 34:26I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing.
• Joel 2:23Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
• Amos 4:7“I also withheld rain from you when the harvest was still three months away. I sent rain on one town, but withheld it from another. One field had rain; another had none and dried up.
• Matthew 5:45that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
• Acts 14:17Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”

Commentaries on Leviticus 26:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Rain in due season - What in Scripture is called the early and the latter rain. The first fell in Palestine at the commencement of spring, and the latter in autumn - Calmet.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. 3-39These blessings and curses are similar to a key part of ancient Near Eastern treaties between a suzerain (a powerful king) and a vassal (a lesser king). In these treaties, the suzerain king promised to protect the vassal king and his land. In return, the vassal swore loyalty to the suzerain. Blessings and curses followed, with curses usually being longer (compare Leviticus 26:3–13 with 26:14–39; see also Deuteronomy 27:15–28:68). These treaties often…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase--Rain seldom fell in Judea except at two seasons--the former rain at the end of autumn, the seedtime; and the latter rain in spring, before the beginning of harvest (Jr 5:24).Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 26:4

• Blessing
• Contingencies
• Gifts from God
• Obedience
• Rain
• Reward

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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