Deuteronomy 28:2

Good News Translation

Obey the Lord your God and all these blessings will be yours:

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.

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

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.

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 "If you obey the Lord your God and faithfully keep all his commands that I am giving you today, he will make you greater than any other nation on earth. ² Obey the Lord your God and all these blessings will be yours: ³ "The Lord will bless your towns and your fields. ⁴ "The Lord will bless you with many children, with abundant crops, and with many cattle and sheep. ⁵ "The Lord will bless your grain crops and the food you prepare from them. ⁶ "The Lord will bless everything you do. ⁷ "The Lord will defeat your enemies when they attack you. They will attack from one direction, but they will run from you in all directions. ⁸ "The Lord your God will bless your work and fill your barns with grain. He will bless you in the land that he is giving you. ⁹ "If you obey the Lord your God and do everything he commands, he will make you his own people, as he has promised. ¹⁰ Then all the peoples on earth will see that the Lord has chosen you to be his own people, and they will be afraid of you.

Bible Verse Review
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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, who was in charge of Abraham's property, took ten of his master's camels and went to the city where Nahor had lived in northern Mesopotamia.

Genesis 24:29
Now Rebecca had a brother named Laban, and he ran outside to go to the well where Abraham's servant was.

Genesis 24:50
Laban and Bethuel answered, "Since this matter comes from the Lord , it is not for us to make a decision.

Genesis 25:20
Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebecca, the daughter of Bethuel (an Aramean from Mesopotamia) and sister of Laban.

Genesis 28:5
Isaac sent Jacob away to Mesopotamia, to Laban, who was the son of Bethuel the Aramean and the brother of Rebecca, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Genesis 28:15
Remember, I will be with you and protect you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done all that I have promised you."

Genesis 28:20
Then Jacob made a vow to the Lord : "If you will be with me and protect me on the journey I am making and give me food and clothing,

Genesis 29:1
Jacob continued on his way and went toward the land of the East.

Genesis 32:10
I am not worth all the kindness and faithfulness that you have shown me, your servant. I crossed the Jordan with nothing but a walking stick, and now I have come back with these two groups.

Genesis 35:9
When Jacob returned from Mesopotamia, God appeared to him again and blessed him.

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.