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Deuteronomy 33:14

And for the sweete increase of the sunne, and for the sweete increase of the moone,

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;
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,
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 Of Beniamin he said, The beloued of the Lord shall dwell in safetie by him: the Lord shall couer him all the day long, and dwell betweene his shoulders. 13 And of Ioseph hee sayde, Blessed of the Lord is his land for the sweetenesse of heauen, for the dewe, and for the depth lying beneath, 14 And for the sweete increase of the sunne, and for the sweete increase of the moone, 15 And for the sweetenes of the top of the ancient mountaines, and for the sweetenes of the olde hilles, 16 And for the sweetenesse of the earth, and abundance thereof: and the good will of him that dwelt in the bushe, shall come vpon the head of Ioseph, and vpon the toppe of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. 17 His beautie shalbe like his first borne bullock, & his hornes as the hornes of an vnicorne: with them hee shall smite the people together, euen the endes of the world: these are also the ten thousands of Ephraim, and these 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
Then Iaakob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, vnto the land of Seir into the countrey of Edom:
Genesis 33:2
And he put the maides, and their children formost, and Leah, and her children after, and Rahel, and Ioseph hindermost.
Genesis 33:3
So he went before them and bowed him selfe to the ground seuen times, vntill he came neere to his brother.
Genesis 33:19
And there he bought a parcell of ground, where hee pitched his tent, at the hande of the sonnes of Hamor Shechems father, for an hundreth pieces of money.
Deuteronomy 2:1
Then we turned, and tooke our iourney into the wildernes, by the way of the red Sea, as the Lorde spake vnto me: and we compassed mount Seir a long time.
Judges 5:4
Lorde, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou departedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heauens rained, the cloudes also dropped water.
2 Chronicles 20:10
And now beholde, the children of Ammon and Moab, and mount Seir, by whome thou wouldest not let Israel goe, when they came out of the land of Egypt: but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not:
Isaiah 40:11
He shall feede his flocke like a shepheard: he shall gather the lambes with his arme, & cary them in his bosome, and shal guide them wt young.
Ezekiel 25:8
Thus saith the Lord God, Because that Moab and Seir doe say, Beholde, the house of Iudah is like vnto all the heathen,
Mark 4:33
And with many such parables he preached the word vnto them, as they were able to heare it.

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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