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Deuteronomy 33:14

with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons,

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,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and of the fruits of the changes of the sun in season, and of the produce of the months,
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,
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

12Concerning Benjamin he said: "May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests." 13Concerning 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, 14with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons,15with the best of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills, 16with the choice gifts of the land and everything in it, and with the favor of Him who dwelt in the burning bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph and crown the brow of the prince of his brothers. 17His majesty is like a firstborn bull and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh."

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
Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
Genesis 33:2
He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
Genesis 33:3
But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
Genesis 33:19
And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
Deuteronomy 2:1
Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around the hill country of Seir.
Judges 5:4
O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.
2 Chronicles 20:10
And now, here are the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of Egypt; but Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.
Isaiah 40:11
He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
Ezekiel 25:8
This is what the Lord GOD says: 'Because Moab and Seir said, "Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,"
Mark 4:33
With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.

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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