KJV 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.
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Deuteronomy 28:2
And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God:
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT 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:
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 28
1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe [and] to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
3 Blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the field.
4 Blessed [shall be] the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
5 Blessed [shall be] thy basket and thy store.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּבָ֧אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeעָלֶ֛יךָH5921 · aluponכָּל־H3605 · kolallהַבְּרָכ֥וֹתH1293 · be.ra.khahblessingהָאֵ֖לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseוְהִשִּׂיגֻ֑ךָH5381 · na.sagto overtakeכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforתִשְׁמַ֔עH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearבְּק֖וֹלH6963 · qolvoiceיְהוָ֥הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃H430 · e.lo.himGod
Cross-references
Zechariah 1:6But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.Deuteronomy 28:15But 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:1 Timothy 4:8For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.Deuteronomy 28:45Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
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