Leviticus 26:4
in Leviticus 26I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
KJV
Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
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This verse in Leviticus 26
Commentary
5 notes on this verseRain in due season - What in Scripture is called the early and the latter rain. The first fell in Palestine at the commencement of spring, and the latter in autumn - Calmet.
This site's exposition
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments
on Leviticus 26:3-5
The blessings all stand on the condition set in verse 3, and the section then runs unbroken to verse 13. The first item promised is rain in due season, which is the one thing in a farming year no man can arrange for himself. Threshing runs into vintage and vintage into sowing, so the picture is a harvest too large to finish before the next one begins.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
If we faithfully and diligently pay attention to it, brethren, everything which was promised corporally to the Jews is fulfilled spiritually in us; for all the blessings of God which they received on earth we have obtained in our souls through the grace of baptism. …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Then I will give you rain in due season,....
It is promised that the earth should produce its fruits in such great abundance that they would be kept in full employment, during both the harvest and the vintage, to gather it in,
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנָתַתִּ֥י | venatati | and I will give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| גִשְׁמֵיכֶ֖ם | gishmeikhem | rains your | H1653 → | |
| בְּעִתָּ֑ם | beitam | at time their | H6256 → | 296 times |
| וְנָתְנָ֤ה | venatnah | and it will give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| יְבוּלָ֔הּ | yevulah | produce its | H2981 → | |
| וְעֵ֥ץ | veetz | and [the] tree[s] of | H6086 → | 328 times |
| הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה | hasadeh | the field | H7704 → | 334 times |
| יִתֵּ֥ן | yiten | it will give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| פִּרְיֽוֹ׃ | piryo | fruit its | H6529 → | 119 times |
וְנָתַתִּ֥יand I will give
venatatiH5414 →2011 times
גִשְׁמֵיכֶ֖םrains your
gishmeikhemH1653 →
בְּעִתָּ֑םat time their
beitamH6256 →296 times
וְנָתְנָ֤הand it will give
venatnahH5414 →2011 times
הָאָ֙רֶץ֙the land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
יְבוּלָ֔הּproduce its
yevulahH2981 →
וְעֵ֥ץand [the] tree[s] of
veetzH6086 →328 times
הַשָּׂדֶ֖הthe field
hasadehH7704 →334 times
יִתֵּ֥ןit will give
yitenH5414 →2011 times
פִּרְיֽוֹ׃fruit its
piryoH6529 →119 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 28:12The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 15:6
When the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will lend to many nations but borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none.
- Joel 2:23–24
Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as…
- Deuteronomy 11:14
then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.
- Deuteronomy 15:10
Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything…
- Proverbs 22:7
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
- Deuteronomy 15:6
Through
Zechariah 8:12“For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give…
it leads to
- Leviticus 26:4–5
I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
- Deuteronomy 33:13
Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath,
- Genesis 27:28
May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth—an abundance of grain and new wine.
- Leviticus 26:4–5
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Caesarius of Arles, SERMON 105.1; 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.