KJV King James Version
The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Deuteronomy 28:12
The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow.
ASV American Standard Version
Jehovah will open unto thee his good treasure the heavens, to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Jehovah doth open to thee his good treasure—the heavens—to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand, and thou hast lent to many nations, and thou—thou dost not borrow.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 28
9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.
10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do [them]:
14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
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יִפְתַּ֣חH6605 · pa.tachto openיְהוָ֣ה׀H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלְ֠ךָH9031 · kayouאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אוֹצָר֨וֹH214 · o.tsartreasureהַטּ֜וֹבH2896 · tovpleasantאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַשָּׁמַ֗יִםH8064 · sha.ma.yimheavenלָתֵ֤תH5414 · na.tanto give: giveמְטַֽר־H4306 · ma.tarrainאַרְצְךָ֙H776 · e.retsland: country/planetבְּעִתּ֔וֹH6256 · ettimeוּלְבָרֵ֕ךְH1288 · ba.rakhto blessאֵ֖תH853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallמַעֲשֵׂ֣הH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workיָדֶ֑ךָH3027 · yadhandוְהִלְוִ֙יתָ֙H3867 · la.vahto joinגּוֹיִ֣םH1471 · goynationרַבִּ֔יםH7227 · ravmanyוְאַתָּ֖הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)לֹ֥אH3808 · lonotתִלְוֶֽה׃H3867 · la.vahto join
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 15:6For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.Joel 2:23-24Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first [month].Deuteronomy 11:14That I will give [you] the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.Deuteronomy 15:10Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.Leviticus 26:4Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.Proverbs 22:7The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender.Deuteronomy 14:29And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which [are] within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.Psalm 135:7He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.Psalm 65:9-13Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, [which] is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.Deuteronomy 28:44He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.Job 38:22Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
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