Deuteronomy 28:3

Myles Coverdale Bible

Blessed shalt thou be in the towne, and blessed in the felde.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You will be blessed in the cityand blessed in the country.

Hebrew Names Version
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

King James Version
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

Lexham English Bible
"You will be blessed in the city, and you will be blessed in the field.

English Standard Version
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

New Century Version
You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.

New English Translation
You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field.

Amplified Bible
"You will be blessed in the city, and you will be blessed in the field.

New American Standard Bible
"Blessed will you be in the city, and blessed will you be in the country.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Blessed shalt thou be in the citie, & blessed also in the fielde.

Legacy Standard Bible
"Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

Contemporary English Version
The Lord will make your businesses and your farms successful.

Complete Jewish Bible
"A blessing on you in the city, and a blessing on you in the countryside.

Darby Translation
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

Easy-to-Read Version
"He will bless you in the city and in the field.

George Lamsa Translation
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

Good News Translation
"The Lord will bless your towns and your fields.

Literal Translation
You shall be blessed in the city, and you shall be blessed in the field.

American Standard Version
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

Bible in Basic English
A blessing will be on you in the town, and a blessing in the field.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Blessed shalt thou be in the citie, and blessed in the fielde

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

King James Version (1611)
Blessed shalt thou bee in the citie, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

English Revised Version
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

Berean Standard Bible
You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou schalt be blessid in citee, and blessid in feeld;

Young's Literal Translation
`Blessed [art] thou in the city, and blessed [art] thou in the field.

Update Bible Version
Blessed you shall be in the city, and blessed you shall be in the field.

Webster's Bible Translation
Blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the field.

World English Bible
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

New King James Version
"Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.

New Living Translation
Your towns and your fields will be blessed.

New Life Bible
Good will come to you in the city, and good will come to you in the country.

New Revised Standard
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Blessed shalt, thou be in the city, - and blessed shalt thou be in the field:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed in the field.

Revised Standard Version
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.

Contextual Overview

¹ And yf thou shalt herken vnto ye voyce of the LORDE thy God, to obserue and do all his commaundementes which I comaunde ye this daye, then shall the LORDE thy God set ye an hye aboue all nacions vpo earth, ² and all these blessynges shal come vpon the, and ouertake the, because thou hast bene obedient vnto the voyce of the LORDE thy God. ³ Blessed shalt thou be in the towne, and blessed in the felde. ⁴ Blessed shalbe the frute of thy body, the frute of thy grounde, and the frute of thy catell, and the frute of thine oxen, and the frute of thy shepe. ⁵ Blessed shal be yi baßkett, & thy stoare. ⁶ Blessed shalt thou be wha thou goest in, and blessed whan thou goest out. ⁷ And thine enemies that ryse vp agaynst the, shal ye LORDE cause to be smytten before thy face. They shal come out agaynst the one waye, & flye before the seuen wayes. ⁸ The LORDE shal commaunde the blessynge to be with ye in thy cellers, and in all that thou takest in hande, and shal blesse the in ye londe that the LORDE thy God hath geue the. ⁹ The LORDE shal set the vp to be an holy people vnto himselfe (as he hath sworne vnto the) yf thou kepe the commaundementes of the LORDE thy God: ¹⁰ so that all nacions vpon earth shal se, that thou art called after the name of the LORDE: & they shal be afrayed of you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in the city: Psalms 107:36, Psalms 107:37, Psalms 128:1-5, Psalms 144:12-15, Isaiah 65:21-23, Zechariah 8:3-5

in the field: Genesis 26:12, Genesis 39:5, Amos 9:13, Amos 9:14, Haggai 2:19, Malachi 3:10, Malachi 3:11

Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:21 - I will Deuteronomy 7:13 - he will also Deuteronomy 28:16 - in the city Isaiah 65:23 - shall Mark 10:16 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and sayde vnto them: Growe, and multiplie, and fyll the earth, and subdue it, & haue domynion ouer the fish of the see, and ouer the foules of the ayre, and ouer all the beastes that crepe vpo the earth.

Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noe and his sonnes, and sayde vnto them: increace & multiplye, and fyll the earth.

Genesis 13:16
and wyll make thy sede as the dust of the earth: so that yf a man can nombre the dust of the earth, he shall nombre thy sede also.

Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebecca, and sayde vnto her: Thou art oure syster, growe in to many thousande tymes thousandes, and thy sede possesse the gates of his enemies.

Genesis 28:1
Then called Isaac his sonne Iacob and blessed him, and charged him, & sayde vnto him: Take not a wife of the doughters of Canaan,

Genesis 28:6
Now when Esau sawe that Isaac had blessed Iacob, and let him departe in to Mesopotamia, that he might take a wife there: and yt, as he blessed him, he charged him, & sayde: Thou shalt not take a wife of the doughters of Canaan,

Genesis 28:17
And he was afraied, and sayde: How fearfull is this place? here is nothinge els but an house of God, & a gate vnto heaue.

Genesis 28:18
And Iacob arose early in the mornynge, and toke the stone that he had layed vnder his heade, and set it vp, and poured oyle vpon it.

Genesis 35:11
And God sayde vnto him: I am the Allmightie God, be frutefull and multiplye: people and a multitude of people shal come of the, and kynges shall come out of thy loynes:

Genesis 41:52
The seconde called he Ephraim: for God (sayde he) hath caused me to growe in ye lande of my trouble.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the city,.... Not only in the city of Jerusalem, where the temple would be built, and there be blessed with the service, worship, and ordinances of God, but in all other cities of the land; where they should dwell in title, large, and spacious houses, and their cities should be walled and fenced, and be very populous; yet should enjoy health, and have plenty of all sorts of provisions brought unto them, as well as prosper in all kinds of merchandise there, as Aben Ezra notes:

and blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the field; in the country villages, and in all rural employments, in sowing and planting, as the same writer observes; in all kinds of husbandry, in the culture of the fields for corn, and of vineyards and oliveyards; all should prosper and succeed, and bring forth fruit abundantly.

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 28:3. In the city — In all civil employments. In the field - in all agricultural pursuits.