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Deuteronomy 28:2

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Obedience;   Righteous;   Thompson Chain Reference - Blessings;   Blessings-Afflictions;   Promises, Divine;   The Topic Concordance - Blessings;   Calling;   Israel/jews;   Obedience;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Obedience to God;   Rebellion against God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gerizim;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Farming;   Nature;   Wealth;   Weather;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Amos, Theology of;   Blessing;   Command, Commandment;   Land (of Israel);   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Faithfulness of God;   Jews;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Sadducees;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Covenant;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Agriculture;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Mount gerizim;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Captivity;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   Law of Moses, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Eschatology of the Old Testament (with Apocryphal and Apocalyptic Writings);   Salvation;  

Devotionals:

- Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for February 6;  

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.
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And all these blessinges shall come on thee and ouertake thee, if thou shalt hearken vnto the voyce of the Lord thy 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 "Now, if you will be careful to obey the Lord your God and follow all his commands that I tell you today, the Lord your God will put you high above all the nations on earth. 2 If you will obey the Lord your God, all these blessings will come to you and be yours: 3 "He will bless you in the city and in the field. 4 He will bless you and give you many children. He will bless your land and give you good crops. He will bless your animals and let them have many babies. He will bless you with calves and lambs. 5 He will bless your baskets and pans and fill them with food. 6 He will bless you at all times in everything you do. 7 "The Lord will help you defeat your enemies who come to fight against you. Your enemies will come against you one way, but they will run away from you seven different ways! 8 "The Lord will bless you and fill your barns. He will bless everything you do. The Lord your God will bless you in the land that he is giving you. 9 If you follow the Lord your God and obey his commands, he will do what he promised. The Lord will make you his own special people. 10 Then all the people in that land will see that you are called to be the Lord 's people, and they will be afraid of you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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
The servant took ten of Abraham's camels and left that place. The servant carried with him many different kinds of beautiful gifts. He went to Mesopotamia, to Nahor's city.
Genesis 24:29
She had a brother named Laban. She told him what the man had said to her. Laban was listening to her. And when he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister's arms, he ran out to the well. There the man was, standing by the camels at the well.
Genesis 24:50
Then Laban and Bethuel answered, "We see that this is from the Lord , so there is nothing we can say to change it.
Genesis 25:20
When Isaac was 40 years old, he married Rebekah. Rebekah was from Paddan Aram. She was Bethuel's daughter and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
Genesis 28:5
So Isaac sent Jacob to Rebekah's brother in Paddan Aram. Jacob went to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean. Laban was the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Genesis 28:15
"I am with you, and I will protect you everywhere you go. I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised."
Genesis 28:20
Then Jacob made a promise. He said, "If God will be with me, and if he will protect me on this trip, and if he gives me food to eat and clothes to wear,
Genesis 29:1
Then Jacob continued his trip. He went to the country in the East.
Genesis 31:18
Then they began traveling back to the land of Canaan, where his father lived. All the flocks of animals that Jacob owned walked ahead of them. He carried everything with him that he had gotten while he lived in Paddan Aram.
Genesis 32:10
You have been very kind to me. You did many good things for me. The first time I traveled across the Jordan River, I owned nothing—only my walking stick. But now I own enough things to have two full groups.

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.


 
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