Deuteronomy 28:3

3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.

Deuteronomy 28:3 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
English Standard Version (ESV)
3 Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.
New Living Translation (NLT)
3 Your towns and your fields will be blessed.
The Message Bible (MSG)
3 God's blessing inside the city, God's blessing in the country;
American Standard Version (ASV)
3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
3 You will be blessed in the cities. You will be blessed out in the country.

Deuteronomy 28:3 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:3

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.

Deuteronomy 28:3 In-Context

1 If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.
2 All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the LORD your God:
3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
4 The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
5 Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Psalms 144:15; Psalms 128:1,4
  • 2. S Genesis 39:5
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