Deuteronomy 28:3
in Deuteronomy 28You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
KJV
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 28
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Blessed shalt thou be in the city
on Deuteronomy 28:3-6
Six blessings fall in pairs, city and field, coming in and going out, with the fruit of body, ground and cattle set between them. Each pair names two ends of a thing in order to take in everything that lies between, so the blessing covers a whole life without itemising it. Verses 16 to 19 repeat these four verses as curses in nearly the same words, with two changes worth holding side by side: the basket and store move ahead of the fruit, and the fruit of thy cattle drops out of the list.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Blessed shalt thou be in the city,....
Whether their habitation was in town or country, whether they were husbandmen or tradesmen, whether their business called them into the city or into the field, they should be preserved from the dangers and have the comforts of their condition.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
In the city - In all civil employments. In the field - in all agricultural pursuits.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בָּר֥וּךְ | barukh | [will be] blessed | H1288 → | 330 times |
| אַתָּ֖ה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| בָּעִ֑יר | bair | in the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| וּבָר֥וּךְ | uvarukh | and [will be] blessed | H1288 → | 330 times |
| אַתָּ֖ה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃ | basadeh | in the open country | H7704 → | 334 times |
בָּר֥וּךְ[will be] blessed
barukhH1288 →330 times
אַתָּ֖הyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
בָּעִ֑ירin the city
bairH5892 →1090 times
וּבָר֥וּךְand [will be] blessed
uvarukhH1288 →330 times
אַתָּ֖הyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃in the open country
basadehH7704 →334 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 26:12Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
it leads to
- Mark 4:8
Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”
- Genesis 26:3
Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath…
- 2 Corinthians 9:10–11
Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
- Mark 4:8
Through
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.”
it leads to
- Malachi 3:10
Bring 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…
- Habakkuk 3:17–18
Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold…
- Proverbs 3:9–10
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
- Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
- Genesis 26:12
Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
- Malachi 3:10
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.