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Brenton's Septuagint

Deuteronomy 33:14

and of the fruits of the changes of the sun in season, and of the produce of the months,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Death;   Ephraim;   Intercession;   Joseph;   Manasseh;   Moon;   Thompson Chain Reference - Astronomy;   Moon;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ephraim, Tribe of;   Fruits;   Manasseh, the Tribe of;   Moon, the;   Sun, the;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy;   Simeon;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Sun;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Joseph;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Manasseh (1);   Moon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Deep, the;   Poetry;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moon;   Sun;   Targums;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Joseph ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Queen of heaven;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ephraim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Astronomy;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ephraim;   Jacob, Blessing of;   Moon;   Simḥat Torah;   Sun;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
with the bountiful harvest from the sunand the abundant yield of the seasons;
Hebrew Names Version
For the precious things of the fruits of the sun, For the precious things of the growth of the moons,
King James Version
And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,
Lexham English Bible
and with the choice things of the fruits of the the sun, and with the choice things of the yield of the seasons,
English Standard Version
with the choicest fruits of the sun and the rich yield of the months,
New Century Version
with the best fruits that the sun brings, and with the best fruits that the moon brings.
New English Translation
with the harvest produced by the daylight and by the moonlight;
Amplified Bible
With the precious fruits of the sun, And with the precious produce of the months.
New American Standard Bible
And with the choice yield of the sun, And the choice produce of the months;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And for the sweete increase of the sunne, and for the sweete increase of the moone,
Legacy Standard Bible
And with the choice produce of the sun,And with the choice yield of the months,
Contemporary English Version
Month by month, your fruit will ripen in the sunshine.
Complete Jewish Bible
with the best of what the sun makes grow, with the best of what comes up each month,
Darby Translation
And by the precious fruits of the sun, And by the precious things put forth by the months,
Easy-to-Read Version
Let the sun give them good fruit. Let each month bring its best fruit.
George Lamsa Translation
With the fruit of the earth brought forth by the sun, with the products brought forth by the moon,
Good News Translation
May their land be blessed with sun-ripened fruit, Rich with the best fruits of each season.
Literal Translation
and with the best of the produce of the sun, and with the best yield of the months;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
There are noble frutes of the increase of the Sonne, and noble rype frutes of ye monethes:
American Standard Version
And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, And for the precious things of the growth of the moons,
Bible in Basic English
And the good things of the fruits of the sun, and the good things of the growth of the moons,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And for the sweete fruites of the increase of the sunne, and rype fruites of the moone:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, and for the precious things of the yield of the moons,
King James Version (1611)
And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sunne, and for the precious things put forth by the moone,
English Revised Version
And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, And for the precious things of the growth of the moons,
Berean Standard Bible
with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
of the applis of fruytis of the sunne and moone; of the coppe of elde munteyns,
Young's Literal Translation
And by precious things -- fruits of the sun, And by precious things -- cast forth by the moons,
Update Bible Version
And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, And for the precious things of the growth of the moons,
Webster's Bible Translation
And for the precious fruits [brought forth] by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,
World English Bible
For the precious things of the fruits of the sun, For the precious things of the growth of the moons,
New King James Version
With the precious fruits of the sun, With the precious produce of the months,
New Living Translation
with the rich fruit that grows in the sun, and the rich harvest produced each month;
New Life Bible
with the best things from the sun, and the best foods of the months.
New Revised Standard
with the choice fruits of the sun, and the rich yield of the months;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And with the precious fruits of the sun, - And with the precious yield of the moons;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Of the fruits brought forth by the sun and by the moon.
Revised Standard Version
with the choicest fruits of the sun, and the rich yield of the months,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And with the choice yield of the sun, And with the choice produce of the months.

Contextual Overview

12 And to Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in confidence, and God overshadows him always, and he rested between his shoulders. 13 And to Joseph he said, His land is of the blessing of the Lord, of the seasons of sky and dew, and of the deeps of wells below, 14 and of the fruits of the changes of the sun in season, and of the produce of the months, 15 from the top of the ancient mountains, and from the top of the everlasting hills, 16 and of the fullness of the land in season: and let the things pleasing to him that dwelt in the bush come on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of him who was glorified above his brethren. 17 His beauty is as the firstling of his bull, his horns are the horns of a unicorn; with them he shall thrust the nations at once, even from the end of the earth: these are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and these are the thousands of Manasse.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the precious: Deuteronomy 28:8, Leviticus 26:4, 2 Samuel 23:4, Psalms 65:9-13, Psalms 74:16, Psalms 84:11, Malachi 4:2, Matthew 5:45, Acts 14:17, 1 Timothy 6:17

put forth: Heb. thrust forth

moon: Heb. moons, Psalms 8:3, Psalms 104:19, Revelation 22:2

Reciprocal: Genesis 43:11 - carry down Psalms 37:20 - as the fat of lambs Psalms 104:25 - this great

Cross-References

Genesis 32:3
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom.
Genesis 33:2
And he put the two handmaidens and their children with the first, and Lea and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.
Genesis 33:3
But he advanced himself before them, and did reverence to the ground seven times, until he drew near to his brother.
Genesis 33:19
And he bought the portion of the field, where he pitched his tent, of Emmor the father of Sychem, for a hundred lambs.
Deuteronomy 2:1
And we turned and departed into the wilderness, by the way of the Red Sea, as the Lord spoke to me, and we compassed mount Seir many days.
Judges 5:4
O Lord, in thy going forth on Seir, when thou wentest forth out of the land of Edom, the earth quaked and the heaven dropped dews, and the clouds dropped water.
2 Chronicles 20:10
And now, behold, the children of Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir, with regard to whom thou didst not permit Israel to pass through their border, when they had come out of the land of Egypt, (for they turned away from them, and did not destroy them;)—
Isaiah 40:11
He shall tend his flock as a shepherd, and he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and shall soothe them that are with young.
Ezekiel 25:8
Thus saith the Lord; Because Moab has said, Behold, are not the house of Israel and Juda like all the other nations?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And for the precious fruits [brought forth] by the sun,.... Which has a wonderful influence upon many and most of the fruits of the earth, to produce them out of their seeds in it, to bring them forward, to ripen and perfect them, and to make them rich and excellent. Jarchi says,

"the land of Joseph lay open to the sun, and it sweetened the fruits of it;''

it improved them, and made them more valuable; and this is spiritually true of Christ the sun of righteousness, to whose influence are owing the blessings of grace, redemption, peace, pardon, and justification, and the graces of the Spirit, faith, hope, and love, and by what believers are filled with, the fruits of righteousness, see Malachi 4:2;

and for the precious things put forth by the moon; the fruits which the moon helps forward by its coolness and moisture; and those the above Jewish writer says are cucumbers and gourds; and as various creatures are affected by the moon, it is observed by a naturalist o, that onions, when the moon waxes old, increase, and flag when it is young; and Pliny says p, that at the increase of the moon all sort of corn grows bigger and larger; but a late learned writer q remarks, that though upon the pressure of the moon on the globe many things depend, as the ebbing and flowing of the sea, epileptic and convulsive paroxysms, yet it does not appear that this pressure exerts its power on plants, so as to thrust them forth, and therefore thinks this respects the ejection or protrusion of monthly fruits; for the word here used is in the plural number, and signifies "months"; and so Onkelos paraphrases the words,

"it produces precious fruits at the beginning of every month;''

or ripe fruit at the beginning of every month, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem; for the spiritual meaning, see Revelation 22:2.

o Dalecamp. in Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 2. c. 41. p Nat. Hist. l. 18. c. 30. q Scheuchzer. Physic. Sacr. vol. 3. p. 437.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Comparing the words of Moses with those of Jacob, it will be seen that the patriarch dwells with emphasis on the severe conflicts which Joseph, i. e., Ephraim and Manasseh, would undergo (compare Genesis 49:23-24); while the lawgiver seems to look beyond, and to behold the two triumphant and established in their power.

Deuteronomy 33:17

Rather: “The first-born of his” (i. e. Joseph’s) “bullock is his glory”: the reference being to Ephraim, who was raised by Jacob to the honors of the firstborn (Genesis 48:20, and is here likened to the firstling of Joseph’s oxen, i. e., of Joseph’s offspring. The ox is a common emblem of power and strength.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 33:14. The precious fruits brought forth by the sun — All excellent and important productions of the earth, which come to perfection once in the year. So the precious things put forth by the moon may imply those vegetables which require but about a month to bring them to perfection, or vegetables of which several crops may be had in the course of a year.


 
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