Deuteronomy 30:9
in Deuteronomy 30So the LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your goodness, as He delighted in that of your fathers,
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ASV
And Jehovah thy God will make thee plenteous in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good: for Jehovah will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers;
KJV
And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
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This verse in Deuteronomy 30
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
And you will again obey the voice of the LORD
on Deuteronomy 30:8-10
Verse 9 hands back the blessing words of 28:4 and 28:11, the fruit of womb, livestock and land, so the promise is measured in the terms the curse used. Gill argued that the “if” of verse 10 has the force of for, since verse 6 has already promised the obedience, while other readers keep the condition as a condition.
This site's exposition
the LORD will again delight
Wesley reads the delight of the LORD against 28:63, where the same God was pleased to destroy. He adds that the fruit of the womb, the livestock and the land, once received to Israel's hurt, would now serve its good in a changed heart. Henry notes that many have plenty to their harm.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
For there is joy in heaven upon the repentance and conversion of sinners: the father of the prodigal rejoiced over him for good. (5.) That he would multiply them (
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And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand,....
The righteousness of faith set before them in the plainness and easiness of the commandment that was now given them,
It is promised, The Lord will make thee plenteous in the fruit of thy cattle and land, for good. Many have plenty for hurt; the prosperity of fools destroys them. Then it is for good when with it God gives us grace to use it for his glory.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
They will be converted to the faith of Jesus Christ as their Messiah--a spiritual deliverer, and the effect of their conversion will be that they will return and obey the voice (the Gospel, the evangelical law) of the Lord.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
For the main part of all the commandments is there, 6 Hence Scripture mentions the written law and omits the oral law.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהוֹתִֽירְךָ֩ | vehotirekha | and he will make abound you | H3498 → | 106 times |
| יְהוָ֨ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| בְּכֹ֣ל׀ | bekhol | in all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה | maaseh | [the] work of | H4639 → | 236 times |
| יָדֶ֗ךָ | yadekha | hand your | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| בִּפְרִ֨י | bifri | in [the] fruit of | H6529 → | 119 times |
| בִטְנְךָ֜ | vitnekha | womb your | H990 → | 72 times |
| וּבִפְרִ֧י | uvifri | and in [the] fruit of | H6529 → | 119 times |
| בְהֶמְתְּךָ֛ | vehemtekha | livestock your | H929 → | 190 times |
| וּבִפְרִ֥י | uvifri | and in [the] fruit of | H6529 → | 119 times |
| אַדְמָתְךָ֖ | ʾadmatekha | ground your | H127 → | 225 times |
| לְטוֹבָ֑ה | letovah | to good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| כִּ֣י׀ | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יָשׁ֣וּב | yashuv | he will turn | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לָשׂ֤וּשׂ | lasus | to rejoice | H7797 → | 27 times |
| עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ | ʾaleikha | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| לְט֔וֹב | letov | for good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁר־ | kaasher- | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שָׂ֖שׂ | sas | he rejoiced | H7797 → | 27 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אֲבֹתֶֽיךָ׃ | ʾavoteikha | ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
וְהוֹתִֽירְךָ֩and he will make abound you
vehotirekhaH3498 →106 times
יְהוָ֨הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
בְּכֹ֣ל׀in all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה[the] work of
maasehH4639 →236 times
יָדֶ֗ךָhand your
yadekhaH3027 →1618 times
בִּפְרִ֨יin [the] fruit of
bifriH6529 →119 times
בִטְנְךָ֜womb your
vitnekhaH990 →72 times
וּבִפְרִ֧יand in [the] fruit of
uvifriH6529 →119 times
בְהֶמְתְּךָ֛livestock your
vehemtekhaH929 →190 times
וּבִפְרִ֥יand in [the] fruit of
uvifriH6529 →119 times
אַדְמָתְךָ֖ground your
ʾadmatekhaH127 →225 times
לְטוֹבָ֑הto good
letovahH2896 →538 times
כִּ֣י׀for
kiH3588 →4482 times
יָשׁ֣וּבhe will turn
yashuvH7725 →1056 times
יְהוָ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לָשׂ֤וּשׂto rejoice
lasusH7797 →27 times
עָלֶ֙יךָ֙on you
ʾaleikhaH5921 →5755 times
לְט֔וֹבfor good
letovH2896 →538 times
כַּאֲשֶׁר־just as
kaasher-H834 →5497 times
שָׂ֖שׂhe rejoiced
sasH7797 →27 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
אֲבֹתֶֽיךָ׃ancestors your
ʾavoteikhaH1 →1212 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
Deuteronomy 28:4The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
it leads to
- Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
- Genesis 49:25
by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and…
- Deuteronomy 7:13
He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds…
- Psalms 128:3
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
- Deuteronomy 28:11
The LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give…
- Proverbs 10:22
Through
Jeremiah 32:41Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 24:6
I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
- Zephaniah 3:17
The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
- Isaiah 62:5
For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
- Jeremiah 24:6
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.