KJV King James Version
Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob [shall be] upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
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Deuteronomy 33:28
Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob [shall be] upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew.
WEB World English Bible
Israel dwells in safety; the fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine. Yes, his heavens drop down dew.
ASV American Standard Version
And Israel dwelleth in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; Yea, his heavens drop down dew.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Israel doth tabernacle in confidence alone; The eye of Jacob is unto a land of corn and wine; Also His heavens drop down dew.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 33
25 Thy shoes [shall be] iron and brass; and as thy days, [so shall] thy strength [be].
26 [There is] none like unto the God of Jeshurun, [who] rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
27 The eternal God [is thy] refuge, and underneath [are] the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy [them].
28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob [shall be] upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
29 Happy [art] thou, O Israel: who [is] like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who [is] the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּשְׁכֹּן֩H7931 · sha.khanto dwellיִשְׂרָאֵ֨לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelבֶּ֤טַחH983 · be.tachsecurityבָּדָד֙H910 · ba.dadisolationעֵ֣יןH5869 · a.yineyeיַעֲקֹ֔בH3290 · ya.a.qovJacobאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אֶ֖רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetדָּגָ֣ןH1715 · da.gangrainוְתִיר֑וֹשׁH8492 · ti.roshnew wineאַף־H637 · aphalsoשָׁמָ֖יוH8064 · sha.ma.yimheavenיַֽעַרְפוּH6201 · a.raphto dropטָֽל׃H2919 · taldew
Cross-references
Numbers 23:9For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.Genesis 27:28Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:Exodus 33:16For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? [is it] not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that [are] upon the face of the earth.Revelation 21:27And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither [whatsoever] worketh abomination, or [maketh] a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.Jeremiah 23:6In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this [is] his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.Deuteronomy 11:11But the land, whither ye go to possess it, [is] a land of hills and valleys, [and] drinketh water of the rain of heaven:Psalm 68:26Bless ye God in the congregations, [even] the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.Jeremiah 33:16In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this [is the name] wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:Proverbs 5:15-18Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.Deuteronomy 33:13And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD [be] his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,Revelation 22:14-15Blessed [are] they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.Ezekiel 34:25And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.Isaiah 48:1Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, [but] not in truth, nor in righteousness.Deuteronomy 8:7-8For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
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