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Deuteronomy 28:47

in Deuteronomy 28

Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Because thou servedst not Jehovah thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;

KJV

Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

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This verse in Deuteronomy 28

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

God is a Master that will be served with gladness, and delights to hear us sing at our work. (3.) If, when we receive the gifts of God's bounty, we either do not serve him at all or serve him with reluctance, it is a righteous thing with him to make us know the hardships of want and servitude.

This site's exposition

Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness

on Deuteronomy 28:47-48

Here the chapter states its ground, and the ground is the manner of the service. Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things, places the charge at the season when Israel had everything and served without gladness. Henry reads the sin as the abuse of plenty, and Calvin takes the joy required as the proof that obedience was willing, since it is grudging service the verse condemns. Verse 48 answers in kind, service for service, with a yoke of iron where the abundance had been, a figure Jeremiah 28:13-14 takes up again.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

The blessings are here put before the curses, to intimate, 1. That God is slow to anger, but swift to show mercy: he has said it, and sworn, that he would much rather we would obey and live than sin and die. It is his delight to bless.

The words behind it

12 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • תַּ֗חַתbecause

    tachatH8478 →505 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֤רthat

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • עָבַ֙דְתָּ֙you have served

    ʾavadtaH5647 →288 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • יְהוָ֣הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָGod your

    ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times

  • בְּשִׂמְחָ֖הwith joy

    besimchahH8057 →

  • וּבְט֣וּבand with goodness of

    uvetuvH2898 →

  • לֵבָ֑בheart

    levavH3824 →252 times

  • מֵרֹ֖בfrom [the] abundance of

    meroH7230 →149 times

  • כֹּֽל׃everything

    kolH3605 →5413 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

13 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Psalms 100:2Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.16 worksDeuteronomy 16:11and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.12 worksNehemiah 9:35–37For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.6 works1 Timothy 6:17–19Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.6 worksDeuteronomy 12:7–12There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.6 worksEcclesiastes 7:14In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.6 works
The other 7 cross-references, with their words ▾
Deuteronomy 32:13–15He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,5 worksDeuteronomy 8:12Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,5 worksEcclesiastes 5:20For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.4 worksDeuteronomy 26:11So you shall rejoice—you, the Levite, and the foreigner dwelling among you—in all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household.3 worksEcclesiastes 3:22I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?2 worksDeuteronomy 11:8You shall therefore keep every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and possess the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,2 works2 Chronicles 17:6And his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each 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

    Deuteronomy 16:11

    and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 12:7

      There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.

    • Deuteronomy 12:12

      And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

    • Deuteronomy 12:18

      Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within…

    • Isaiah 64:5

      You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?

    • Philippians 4:4

      Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

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About Deuteronomy

Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Deuteronomy: the study guide →Read Deuteronomy 28 →

This page draws on John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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