Deuteronomy 28:3

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You will be blessed in the cityand blessed in the country.

Hebrew Names Version
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

King James Version
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

Lexham English Bible
"You will be blessed in the city, and you will be blessed in the field.

English Standard Version
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

New Century Version
You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.

New English Translation
You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field.

Amplified Bible
"You will be blessed in the city, and you will be blessed in the field.

New American Standard Bible
"Blessed will you be in the city, and blessed will you be in the country.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Blessed shalt thou be in the citie, & blessed also in the fielde.

Legacy Standard Bible
"Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

Contemporary English Version
The Lord will make your businesses and your farms successful.

Complete Jewish Bible
"A blessing on you in the city, and a blessing on you in the countryside.

Darby Translation
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

Easy-to-Read Version
"He will bless you in the city and in the field.

George Lamsa Translation
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

Good News Translation
"The Lord will bless your towns and your fields.

Literal Translation
You shall be blessed in the city, and you shall be blessed in the field.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Blessed shalt thou be in the towne, and blessed in the felde.

American Standard Version
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

Bible in Basic English
A blessing will be on you in the town, and a blessing in the field.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Blessed shalt thou be in the citie, and blessed in the fielde

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

King James Version (1611)
Blessed shalt thou bee in the citie, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

English Revised Version
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou schalt be blessid in citee, and blessid in feeld;

Young's Literal Translation
`Blessed [art] thou in the city, and blessed [art] thou in the field.

Update Bible Version
Blessed you shall be in the city, and blessed you shall be in the field.

Webster's Bible Translation
Blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the field.

World English Bible
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

New King James Version
"Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.

New Living Translation
Your towns and your fields will be blessed.

New Life Bible
Good will come to you in the city, and good will come to you in the country.

New Revised Standard
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Blessed shalt, thou be in the city, - and blessed shalt thou be in the field:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed in the field.

Revised Standard Version
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.

Contextual Overview

¹Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. ²All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God: ³You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.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. ⁵Your basket and kneading bowl will be blessed. ⁶You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. ⁷The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven. ⁸The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you. ⁹The LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways. ¹⁰Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will stand in awe of you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in the city: Psalms 107:36, Psalms 107:37, Psalms 128:1-5, Psalms 144:12-15, Isaiah 65:21-23, Zechariah 8:3-5

in the field: Genesis 26:12, Genesis 39:5, Amos 9:13, Amos 9:14, Haggai 2:19, Malachi 3:10, Malachi 3:11

Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:21 - I will Deuteronomy 7:13 - he will also Deuteronomy 28:16 - in the city Isaiah 65:23 - shall Mark 10:16 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth."

Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

Genesis 13:16
I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, "Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies."

Genesis 28:1
So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. "Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women," he commanded.

Genesis 28:6
Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, "Do not marry a Canaanite woman,"

Genesis 28:17
And he was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!"

Genesis 28:18
Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,

Genesis 35:11
And God told him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation-even a company of nations-shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

Genesis 41:52
And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, "God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the city,.... Not only in the city of Jerusalem, where the temple would be built, and there be blessed with the service, worship, and ordinances of God, but in all other cities of the land; where they should dwell in title, large, and spacious houses, and their cities should be walled and fenced, and be very populous; yet should enjoy health, and have plenty of all sorts of provisions brought unto them, as well as prosper in all kinds of merchandise there, as Aben Ezra notes:

and blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the field; in the country villages, and in all rural employments, in sowing and planting, as the same writer observes; in all kinds of husbandry, in the culture of the fields for corn, and of vineyards and oliveyards; all should prosper and succeed, and bring forth fruit abundantly.

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 28:3. In the city — In all civil employments. In the field - in all agricultural pursuits.