KJV King James Version
Blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the field.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Deuteronomy 28:3
Blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the field.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
WEB World English Bible
You shall be blessed in the city, and you shall be blessed in the field.
ASV American Standard Version
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Blessed art thou in the city, and blessed art thou in the field.
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.
6 Blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou comest in, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou goest out.
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Psalm 144:12-15That our sons [may be] as plants grown up in their youth; [that] our daughters [may be] as corner stones, polished [after] the similitude of a palace:Genesis 39:5And it came to pass from the time [that] he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.Haggai 2:19Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless [you].Genesis 26:12Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.Psalm 107:36-37And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;Malachi 3:10-11Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that [there shall] not [be room] enough [to receive it].Isaiah 65:21-23And they shall build houses, and inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.Psalm 128:1-5A Song of degrees. Blessed [is] every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.Amos 9:13-14Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.Zechariah 8:3-5Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
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