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The Blessings of Obedience

Deuteronomy 28:3

In 11 translations

BSB
You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
KJV
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
WEB
You shall be blessed in the city, and you shall be blessed in the field.
ASV
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
LSV
Blessed [are] you in the city, and blessed [are] you in the field.
YLT
'Blessed [art] thou in the city, and blessed [art] thou in the field.
DBY
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
DRC
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed in the field.
GNV
Blessed shalt thou be in the citie, and blessed also in the fielde.
JPS
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
LXXE
blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
בָּר֥וּךְ אַתָּ֖ה בָּעִ֑יר וּבָר֥וּךְ אַתָּ֖ה בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃
LXX-Br
εὐλογημένος σὺ ἐν πόλει, καὶ εὐλογημένος σὺ ἐν ἀγρῶ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 39:5From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his…
  • Psalms 144:12–15Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace. Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth…
  • Haggai 2:19Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”
  • Psalms 107:36–37He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell. They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.
  • Genesis 26:12Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
  • Psalms 128:1–5Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways! For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons…
  • Malachi 3:10–11Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure. I…
  • Isaiah 65:21–23They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be…
  • Amos 9:13–14“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow. I…
  • Zechariah 8:3–5This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.” This is what the LORD…

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