Deuteronomy 28:11
in Deuteronomy 28The 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 you.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Jehovah will make thee plenteous for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
KJV
And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 28
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods,.... In all temporal good things, give them an affluence of them, even all things richly to enjoy; the Targum of Jonathan is,"the Word of the Lord shall, &c." in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground: increase their children, cattle, and substance, as before, Deu 28:4, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee; the land of Canaan, often thus described.
This site's exposition
The LORD will make you prosper abundantly
on Deuteronomy 28:11-12
Verse 12 defines the storehouse as the heavens opened “to send rain on your land in season”. Rain is where Canaan differs from Egypt, and Deuteronomy 11:10-11 had set a land watered by rain from heaven against a field watered by foot.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), in pursuance of the promise made to Abraham, that his seed should be as the stars of heaven for multitude, and that God would be a God to them, than which a greater blessing, and more comprehensive, could not be entailed upon the fruit of their body.
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), their cows and sheep particularly, which would be blessed for the owners' sakes, and made blessings to them. In order to this, it is promised that God would give them rain in due season, which is called his good treasure (
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods--Beside the natural capabilities of Canaan, its extraordinary fruitfulness was traceable to the special blessing of Heaven.
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
AND…WILL MAKE THEE OVERABUNDANT. The meaning of and will make thee overabundant. Hebrew, ve-hotirekha. I.E.
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HIS…TREASURE. Which is potentially ready in heaven to go out. 20 Hence rain is referred to as a treasure.
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. 3 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
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהוֹתִֽרְךָ֤ | vehotirkha | and he will make abound you | H3498 → | 106 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לְטוֹבָ֔ה | letovah | to good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| בִּפְרִ֧י | bifri | in [the] fruit of | H6529 → | 119 times |
| בִטְנְךָ֛ | vitnekha | womb your | H990 → | 72 times |
| וּבִפְרִ֥י | uvifri | and in [the] fruit of | H6529 → | 119 times |
| בְהַמְתְּךָ֖ | vehamtekha | livestock your | H929 → | 190 times |
| וּבִפְרִ֣י | uvifri | and in [the] fruit of | H6529 → | 119 times |
| אַדְמָתֶ֑ךָ | ʾadmatekha | ground your | H127 → | 225 times |
| עַ֚ל | ʾal | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָאֲדָמָ֔ה | haadamah | the land | H127 → | 225 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נִשְׁבַּ֧ע | nishba' | he swore | H7650 → | 186 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לַאֲבֹתֶ֖יךָ | laavoteikha | to ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| לָ֥תֶת | latet | to give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָֽךְ׃ | lakh | to <the> you |
וְהוֹתִֽרְךָ֤and he will make abound you
vehotirkhaH3498 →106 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לְטוֹבָ֔הto good
letovahH2896 →538 times
בִּפְרִ֧יin [the] fruit of
bifriH6529 →119 times
בִטְנְךָ֛womb your
vitnekhaH990 →72 times
וּבִפְרִ֥יand in [the] fruit of
uvifriH6529 →119 times
בְהַמְתְּךָ֖livestock your
vehamtekhaH929 →190 times
וּבִפְרִ֣יand in [the] fruit of
uvifriH6529 →119 times
אַדְמָתֶ֑ךָground your
ʾadmatekhaH127 →225 times
עַ֚לon
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
הָאֲדָמָ֔הthe land
haadamahH127 →225 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נִשְׁבַּ֧עhe swore
nishba'H7650 →186 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לַאֲבֹתֶ֖יךָto ancestors your
laavoteikhaH1 →1212 times
לָ֥תֶתto give
latetH5414 →2011 times
לָֽךְ׃to <the> you
lakh
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
Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
it leads to
- Psalms 107:38
He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 26:12
Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
- 1 Samuel 2:7–8
The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
- Genesis 24:35
“The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.
- Genesis 12:2
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
- Psalms 107:38
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…
- Proverbs 10:22
Through
Leviticus 26:9I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.
it leads to
- Genesis 17:6–7
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
- Genesis 17:6–7
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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.