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Deuteronomy 33:15

And for the sweetenes of the top of the ancient mountaines, and for the sweetenes of the olde hilles,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Death;   Earth;   Ephraim;   Intercession;   Joseph;   Manasseh;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ephraim, Tribe of;   Manasseh, the Tribe of;   Mountains;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy;   Simeon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Joseph;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Manasseh (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Deep, the;   Poetry;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Targums;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Joseph ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ephraim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ancient;   Everlasting;   Hill;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ephraim;   Jacob, Blessing of;   Simḥat Torah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
with the best products of the ancient mountainsand the bounty of the eternal hills;
Hebrew Names Version
For the chief things of the ancient mountains, For the precious things of the everlasting hills,
King James Version
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
Lexham English Bible
and with the finest things of the ancient mountains, and with the choice things of the eternal hills,
English Standard Version
with the finest produce of the ancient mountains and the abundance of the everlasting hills,
New Century Version
Let the old mountains give the finest crops, and let the everlasting hills give the best fruits.
New English Translation
with the best of the ancient mountains and the harvest produced by the age-old hills;
Amplified Bible
"With the best things of the ancient mountains, And with the precious things of the everlasting hills,
New American Standard Bible
And with the best things of the ancient mountains, With the choice things of the everlasting hills,
Legacy Standard Bible
And with the best things of the ancient mountains,And with the choice things of the everlasting hills,
Contemporary English Version
You will have a rich harvest from the slopes of the ancient hills.
Complete Jewish Bible
with the best from the mountains of old, with the best from the eternal hills,
Darby Translation
And by the best things of the ancient mountains, And by the precious things of the everlasting hills,
Easy-to-Read Version
Let the hills and ancient mountains produce their best fruit.
George Lamsa Translation
With the best fruits of the eastern mountains, with the fruit of the eternal hills,
Good News Translation
May their ancient hills be covered with choice fruit.
Literal Translation
and with the first of the ancient mountains, and with the best of the everlasting hills;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And of ye toppes of the mountaynes of olde, and of the hilles allwaye,
American Standard Version
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, And for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
Bible in Basic English
And the chief things of the oldest mountains, and the good things of the eternal hills,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For the first fruites of the principall mountaynes, and for the fruites that the hylles bryng foorth for euer:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And for the tops of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
King James Version (1611)
And for the chiefe things of the ancient mountaines, and for the precious things of the lasting hils,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
from the top of the ancient mountains, and from the top of the everlasting hills,
English Revised Version
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, And for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
Berean Standard Bible
with the best of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and of the applis of euerlastynge litle hillis;
Young's Literal Translation
And by chief things -- of the ancient mountains, And by precious things -- of the age-during heights,
Update Bible Version
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, And for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
Webster's Bible Translation
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
World English Bible
For the chief things of the ancient mountains, For the precious things of the everlasting hills,
New King James Version
With the best things of the ancient mountains, With the precious things of the everlasting hills,
New Living Translation
with the finest crops of the ancient mountains, and the abundance from the everlasting hills;
New Life Bible
May the Lord bring good to his land with the best things of the old mountains, and the best things of the hills that last forever,
New Revised Standard
with the finest produce of the ancient mountains, and the abundance of the everlasting hills;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And with the chief of the ancient mountains, - And with the precious things of the age-abiding hills;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Of the tops of the ancient mountains, of the fruits of the everlasting hills:
Revised Standard Version
with the finest produce of the ancient mountains, and the abundance of the everlasting hills,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And with the best things of the ancient mountains, And with the choice things of the everlasting hills,

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

Genesis 49:26, Habakkuk 3:6, James 5:7

Reciprocal: 1 Timothy 6:17 - that they

Cross-References

Genesis 34:11
Shechem also said vnto her father & vnto her brethren, Let me finde fauour in your eyes, and I will giue whatsoeuer ye shall appoint me.
Genesis 47:25
Then they answered, Thou hast saued our liues: let vs finde grace in the sight of my Lorde, and we will be Pharaohs seruants.
Ruth 2:13
Then she saide, Let me finde fauour in thy sight, my lord: for thou hast comforted mee, and spoken comfortably vnto thy mayde, though I be not like to one of thy maydes.
1 Samuel 25:8
Aske thy seruants and they wil shew thee. Wherefore let these yong men finde fauour in thine eyes: (for we come in a good season) giue, I pray thee, whatsoeuer commeth to thine hand vnto thy seruants, and to thy sonne Dauid.
2 Samuel 16:4
Then said the King to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that perteined vnto Mephibosheth. And Ziba saide, I beseech thee, let me finde grace in thy sight, my lord, O King.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And for the chief things of the ancient mountains,.... Which were from the beginning of the world, and for which the land, possessed by the children of Joseph, Manasseh, and Ephraim, were famous; as the mountains of Gilead and Bashan, inherited by the former, and Mount Ephraim, and the mountains of Samaria, by the latter; which produced, besides great quantities of grass and corn, also vines, figs, olives, c.

and for the precious things of the lasting hills which will endure as long as the world, the same as before in other words; and which precious things may be emblems of the spiritual blessings of grace, provided in an everlasting covenant, and given to Christ for his people before the world began, or any mountains and hills were formed, and which are as lasting and as immovable as they are; see Proverbs 8:22, Isaiah 54:10.

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 33:15. The chief things of the ancient mountains — ומראש הררי קדם umerosh harerey kedem, and from the head or top of the ancient or eastern mountains, the precious things or productions being still understood. And this probably refers to the large trees, &c., growing on the mountain tops, and the springs of water issuing from them. The mountains of Gilead may be here intended, as they fell to the half tribe of Manasseh. And the precious things of the lasting hills may signify the metals and minerals which might be digged out of them.


 
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