Deuteronomy 28:1-8

1 "And it will happen [that] if you indeed listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, {to diligently observe} all his commandments that I [am] commanding you {today}, then Yahweh your God will set you above all the nations of the earth.

2 And all of these blessings shall come upon you, and {they shall have an effect on you} if you listen to the voice of Yahweh your God:

3 "You will be blessed in the city, and you will be blessed in the field.

4 "Blessed will be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your livestock, {the calf of your cattle and the lambs of your flock}.

5 "Blessed will be your basket and your kneading trough.

6 "Blessed will you be {when you come in and blessed will you be when you go out}.

7 "Yahweh will cause your enemies {who rise up against you to be defeated before you}; on one road they shall come out [against] you, but on seven roads they shall flee {before you}.

8 Yahweh will command {concerning you} the blessing [to be] in your barns and {in all your endeavors}; and he will bless you in the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you.

Deuteronomy 28:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 28

In this chapter Moses enlarges on the blessings and the curses which belong, the one to the doers, the other to the transgressors of the law; the blessings, De 28:1-14; the curses, some of which concern individual persons, others the whole nation and body of people, and that both under the former and present dispensations, and which had their fulfilment in their former captivities, and more especially in their present dispersion, De 28:15-68.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "to observe to do"
• [b]. Literally "the day"
• [c]. Literally "they shall overtake you"
• [d]. Literally "[what] is dropped of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks"
• [e]. Literally "in/at your coming and you will be blessed in/at your going out"
• [f]. Literally "the ones rising against you being defeated to the face of you"
• [g]. Or "way"
• [h]. Or "ways"
• [i]. Literally "to the face of you"
• [j]. Literally "with you"
• [k]. Literally "in all of the sending [forth] of your hand"