Deuteronomy 28:2

Bishop's Bible

And all these blessinges shall come on thee and ouertake thee, if thou shalt hearken vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
All these blessings will come and overtake you, because you obey the Lord your God:

Hebrew Names Version
and all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall listen to the voice of the LORD your God.

King James Version
And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.

Lexham English Bible
And all of these blessings shall come upon you, and they shall have an effect on you if you listen to the voice of Yahweh your God:

English Standard Version
And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God.

New Century Version
Obey the Lord your God so that all these blessings will come and stay with you:

New English Translation
All these blessings will come to you in abundance if you obey the Lord your God:

Amplified Bible
"All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you pay attention to the voice of the LORD your God.

New American Standard Bible
"And all these blessings will come to you and reach you if you obey the LORD your God:

Geneva Bible (1587)
And all these blessings shal come on thee, and ouertake thee, if thou shalt obey the voyce of the Lord thy God.

Legacy Standard Bible
And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you listen to the voice of Yahweh your God:

Complete Jewish Bible
and all the following blessings will be yours in abundance — if you will do what Adonai your God says:

Darby Translation
and all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.

Easy-to-Read Version
If you will obey the Lord your God, all these blessings will come to you and be yours:

George Lamsa Translation
And all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall hearken to the voice of the LORD your God.

Good News Translation
Obey the Lord your God and all these blessings will be yours:

Literal Translation
And all these blessings shall come on you and overtake you if you will listen to the voice of Jehovah your God.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and all these blessynges shal come vpon the, and ouertake the, because thou hast bene obedient vnto the voyce of the LORDE thy God.

American Standard Version
and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.

Bible in Basic English
And all these blessings will come on you and overtake you, if your ears are open to the voice of the Lord your God.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

King James Version (1611)
And all these blessings shall come on thee, and ouertake thee, if thou shalt hearken vnto the voice of the Lord thy God.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and shall find thee. If thou wilt indeed hear the voice of the Lord thy God,

English Revised Version
and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

Berean Standard Bible
All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And alle these blessyngis schulen come on thee, and schulen take thee; if netheles thou herist hise comaundementis.

Young's Literal Translation
and all these blessings have come upon thee, and overtaken thee, because thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God:

Update Bible Version
and all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.

Webster's Bible Translation
And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God.

World English Bible
and all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.

New King James Version
And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God:

New Living Translation
You will experience all these blessings if you obey the Lord your God:

New Life Bible
All these good things will come upon you if you will obey the Lord your God.

New Revised Standard
all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the Lord your God:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and all these blessings shall come in upon thee, and reach thee, - because thou dost hearken unto the voice of Yahweh thy God: -

Douay-Rheims Bible
And all these blessings shall come upon thee and overtake thee: yet so if thou hear his precepts.

Revised Standard Version
And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the LORD your God.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you obey the LORD your God:

Contextual Overview

¹ If thou shalt hearken diligently vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God, and obserue and do all his commaudementes which I commaunde thee this day: the Lorde wyll set thee on hye aboue all nations of the earth. ² And all these blessinges shall come on thee and ouertake thee, if thou shalt hearken vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God. ³ Blessed shalt thou be in the citie, and blessed in the fielde ⁴ Blessed shalbe the fruite of thy body, and the fruite of thy grounde, and the fruite of thy cattell, the increase of thy kine, and the flockes of thy sheepe. ⁵ Blessed shalbe thy basket & thy store. ⁶ Blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out, & blessed when thou commest in. ⁷ The Lord shall geue ouer thyne enemies that ryse agaynst thee, that they may fall before thy face: They shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seuen wayes. ⁸ The Lord shall commaunde the blessing vpon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thyne hande to, and wyll blesse thee in the lande whiche the Lorde thy God geueth thee. ⁹ The Lorde shall make thee an holy people vnto him self, as he hath sworne vnto thee: if thou shalt kepe the commaundementes of the Lorde thy God, and walke in his wayes. ¹⁰ And all nations of the earth shall see that the name of the Lorde is called vpon ouer thee, and they shalbe afraide of thee.

Bible Verse Review
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come on thee: Deuteronomy 28:15, Deuteronomy 28:45, Zechariah 1:6, 1 Timothy 4:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 22:17 - in blessing Genesis 49:25 - with blessings 2 Kings 2:19 - barren Job 1:10 - about Psalms 1:1 - Blessed Psalms 132:15 - bless her provision Proverbs 3:33 - he blesseth Proverbs 10:6 - Blessings Haggai 2:19 - from

Cross-References

Genesis 24:10
And the seruaunt toke ten Camelles of the Camelles of his maister, & departed (& had of al maner of goods of his maister with him) and so he arose & went to Mesopotamia, vnto ye citie of Nachor.

Genesis 24:29
And Rebecca had a brother called Laban: and he ranne out vnto the man, [euen] to the well.

Genesis 24:50
Then aunswered Laban and Bethuel, saying: This saying is proceeded euen of the Lorde, we can not therefore say vnto thee eyther good or bad.

Genesis 25:20
And Isahac was fourtie yere olde when he toke Rebecca to wyfe, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Mesopotamia, and sister to Laban the Syrian.

Genesis 28:5
Thus Isahac sent foorth Iacob: and he went towarde Mesopotamia, vnto Laban, sonne of Bethuel the Syrian, and brother to Rebecca Iacob and Esaus mother.

Genesis 28:15
And see, I am with thee, and wyll be thy keper in all [places] whyther thou goest, and wyll bryng thee agayne into this lande: For I wyl not leaue thee, vntyll I haue made good that whiche I haue promised thee.

Genesis 28:20
And Iacob vowed a vowe, saying: Yf God wyll be with me, and wyll kepe me in this iourney in which I go, and wyll geue me bread to eate, and clothes to put on:

Genesis 29:1
Then Iacob went on his iourney, & came into the lande of the people of the east.

Genesis 31:18
And caryed away all his flockes, and all his substaunce whiche he had procured, the increase of his cattell which he had gotten in Mesopotamia, for to go to Isahac his father vnto the lande of Chanaan.

Genesis 32:10
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercyes and trueth whiche thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunt: for with my staffe came I ouer this Iordane, & nowe haue I gotten two companies.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee,.... After mentioned, which should come upon them from God from heaven, by the direction of his providence, and that freely and plentifully, and beyond their expectations and deserts, and continue with them:

if thou shall hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God; obedience to the law being the condition of their coming and continuance; for only temporal blessings in the land of Canaan are here intended, as follow.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A comparison of this chapter with Exodus 23:20-23 and Leviticus 26:0 will show how Moses here resumes and amplifies the promises and threats already set forth in the earlier records of the Law. The language rises in this chapter to the sublimest strains, especially in the latter part of it; and the prophecies respecting the dispersion and degradation of the Jewish nation in its later days are among the most remarkable in scripture. They are plain, precise, and circumstantial; and the fulfillment of them has been literal, complete, and undeniable.

The Blessing. The six repetitions of the word “blessed” introduce the particular forms which the blessing would take in the various relations of life.

Deuteronomy 28:5

The “basket” or bag was a customary means in the East for carrying about whatever might be needed for personal uses (compare Deuteronomy 26:2; John 13:29).

The “store” is rather the kneading-trough Exodus 8:3; Exodus 12:34. The blessings here promised relate, it will be observed, to private and personal life: in Deuteronomy 28:7 those which are of a more public and national character are brought forward.

Deuteronomy 28:9

The oath with which God vouchsafed to confirm His promises to the patriarchs (compare Genesis 22:16; Hebrews 6:13-14) contained by implication these gifts of holiness and eminence to Israel (compare the marginal references).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 28:2. All these blessings shall come on thee — God shall pour out his blessing from heaven upon thee. And overtake thee. Upright men are represented as going to the kingdom of God, and God's blessings as following and overtaking them in their heavenly journey. There are several things in this verse worthy of the most careful observation: -

1. If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. The voice of God must be heard; without a Divine revelation how can the Divine will be known? And if not known, it cannot be fulfilled.

2. When God speaks, men must hearken to the words of his mouth. He who does not hearken will not obey.

3. He who hearkens to the words of God must set out for the kingdom of heaven. The curse must fall on him who stands in the way of sinners, and will overtake them who loiter in the way of righteousness.

4. Those who run in the way of God's testimonies shall have an abundance of blessing. Blessings shall come upon them, and blessings shall overtake them - in every part of their march through life they shall continue to receive the fulfilment of the various promises of God which relate to all circumstances, vicissitudes, trials, stages of life, &c., &c., each overtaking them in the time and place where most needed.