Deuteronomy 28:8
New International Version
The LORD will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The LORD your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.

New Living Translation
“The LORD will guarantee a blessing on everything you do and will fill your storehouses with grain. The LORD your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.

English Standard Version
The LORD will command the blessing on you in your barns and in all that you undertake. And he will bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Berean Standard Bible
The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.

King James Bible
The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

New King James Version
“The LORD will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.

New American Standard Bible
The LORD will command the blessing for you in your barns and in everything that you put your hand to, and He will bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

NASB 1995
“The LORD will command the blessing upon you in your barns and in all that you put your hand to, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

NASB 1977
“The LORD will command the blessing upon you in your barns and in all that you put your hand to, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh will command the blessing upon you in your barns and in all that you send forth your hand to do, and He will bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Amplified Bible
The LORD will command the blessing upon you in your storehouses and in all that you undertake, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

Christian Standard Bible
The LORD will grant you a blessing on your barns and on everything you do; he will bless you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD will grant you a blessing on your storehouses and on everything you do; He will bless you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

American Standard Version
Jehovah will command the blessing upon thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto; and he will bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD your God is giving you the land, and he will make sure you are successful in everything you do. Your harvests will be so large that your storehouses will be full.

English Revised Version
The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto: and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD will bless your barns and everything you do. The LORD your God will bless you in the land that he is giving you.

Good News Translation
"The LORD your God will bless your work and fill your barns with grain. He will bless you in the land that he is giving you.

International Standard Version
"The LORD will send blessings for you with regard to your barns and everything you undertake. Indeed, he will bless you in the land that the LORD your God is about to give you.

Majority Standard Bible
The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.

NET Bible
The LORD will decree blessing for you with respect to your barns and in everything you do--yes, he will bless you in the land he is giving you.

New Heart English Bible
The LORD will command the blessing on you in your storehouses, and in all that you put your hand to; and he will bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy store-houses, and in all that thou settest thy hand to: and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

World English Bible
Yahweh will command the blessing on you in your barns, and in all that you put your hand to. He will bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
YHWH commands the blessing with you in your storehouses, and in every putting forth of your hand, and has blessed you in the land which your God YHWH is giving to you.

Young's Literal Translation
'Jehovah commandeth with thee the blessing in thy storehouses, and in every putting forth of thy hand, and hath blessed thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

Smith's Literal Translation
Jehovah will command with thee the blessing in thy store-houses, and in all the sending forth of thy hand; and he blessed thee in the land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord will send forth a blessing upon thy storehouses, and upon all the works of thy hands: and will bless thee in the land that thou shalt receive.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The Lord will send forth a blessing upon your cellars, and upon all the works of your hands. And he will bless you in the land that you shall receive.

New American Bible
The LORD will affirm the blessing upon you, on your barns and on all your undertakings; he will bless you in the land that the LORD, your God, is giving you.

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD will command the blessing upon you in your barns, and in all that you undertake; he will bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
The LORD shall command blessings upon you in your storehouses, and in all that you put your hand to; and he shall bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
LORD JEHOVAH shall command blessing in your barns and in everything to which you reach your hand, and he shall bless you in the land that LORD JEHOVAH your God gives to you.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The LORD will command the blessing with thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto; and He will bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The Lord send upon thee his blessing in thy barns, and on all on which thou shalt put thine hand, in the land which the Lord thy God gives thee.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Blessings of Obedience
7The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven. 8The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you. 9The LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.…

Cross References
Leviticus 26:3-5
If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments, / I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit. / Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land.

Proverbs 3:9-10
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops; / then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

Malachi 3:10-12
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure. / I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts. / “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Psalm 1:3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

Genesis 39:3-5
When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did, / Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned. / From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.

Psalm 23:1-3
A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. / He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. / He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.

2 Corinthians 9:8-11
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. / As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.” / Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness. ...

Philippians 4:19
And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

Luke 6:38
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”

2 Chronicles 31:10
and Azariah, the chief priest of the household of Zadok, answered him, “Since the people began to bring their contributions into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and there is plenty left over, because the LORD has blessed His people; this great abundance is what is left over.”

Nehemiah 13:13
I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.

Isaiah 58:11
The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

Ezekiel 34:26
I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.

Joel 2:24-26
The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil. / I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you. / You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to shame.


Treasury of Scripture

The LORD shall command the blessing on you in your storehouses, and in all that you set your hand to; and he shall bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

command

Leviticus 25:21
Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.

Psalm 42:8
Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

Psalm 44:4
Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

storehouses.

Leviticus 26:4,5,10
Then 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…

2 Kings 6:27
And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?

Psalm 144:13
That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

settest

Deuteronomy 15:10
Thou 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.

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Deuteronomy 28
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The LORD will command
The phrase "The LORD will command" underscores the sovereign authority of God. In Hebrew, the word for "command" is "tsavah," which implies a direct order or decree. This reflects God's ultimate power and control over all creation. Historically, this demonstrates the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where God's commands are not mere suggestions but divine mandates that carry the weight of His authority.

the blessing
"The blessing" in Hebrew is "berakah," which signifies a state of prosperity and divine favor. In the context of Deuteronomy, blessings are often tied to obedience to God's laws. This reflects the covenantal promise that obedience leads to divine favor, a theme that runs throughout the Old Testament. The blessing is comprehensive, affecting all areas of life, symbolizing God's provision and care.

upon you
The phrase "upon you" indicates a personal and direct application of God's favor. It suggests that the blessings are not abstract but are meant for the individual or community that adheres to God's commandments. This personal aspect of God's blessing highlights the intimate relationship between God and His people, emphasizing that His care and provision are tailored to their needs.

in your barns
"In your barns" refers to the storage places for agricultural produce. In ancient Israel, barns were essential for storing grain and other goods, representing economic stability and security. The mention of barns signifies that God's blessing extends to the material and economic aspects of life, ensuring that His people have enough to sustain themselves and thrive.

and in everything to which you put your hand
This phrase suggests that God's blessing is not limited to agricultural endeavors but extends to all human activities. The Hebrew concept here implies success and prosperity in all endeavors, whether in work, family, or community life. It reflects the holistic nature of God's blessing, covering every aspect of life and ensuring that His people prosper in all they do.

and He will bless you
The repetition of "He will bless you" emphasizes the certainty and assurance of God's promise. It is a reaffirmation of His commitment to His people, underscoring that His blessings are not conditional whims but assured outcomes of a faithful relationship with Him. This assurance is a source of hope and encouragement for believers, reminding them of God's unwavering faithfulness.

in the land
"In the land" refers to the Promised Land, a central theme in the Old Testament. The land is not just a physical territory but a symbol of God's promise and faithfulness. It represents a place of rest, security, and divine provision. The land is a tangible expression of God's covenant with Israel, a place where His people can experience His blessings fully.

the LORD your God is giving you
This phrase highlights the gift nature of the land. It is not something earned but given by God's grace. The use of "is giving" in the present tense suggests an ongoing action, indicating that God's provision is continuous and not a one-time event. It underscores the idea that everything the Israelites have is a result of God's generosity and faithfulness, encouraging a response of gratitude and obedience.

(8) Thy storehouses.--The word is only found here and in Proverbs 3:9-10, "Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine." There is the same kind of contrast here which has been already pointed out in Deuteronomy 28:5. The "gathering in" to the barn, and the "putting forth" of the hand--the income and the expenditure--are alike blessed. This contrast is clear in the Hebrew words employed.

And he shall bless thee in the land.--Fixity of tenure in the Divine inheritance is promised here.

Verse 8. - The effect of the blessing should be seen, not only in the supremacy of Israel over all opposition, but in the abundance of their possessions, in the success of their undertakings, and in the respect in which they should be held by all nations. Storehouses. The Hebrew word (אֲסָמִים), which occurs only here and in Proverbs 3:10, is properly thus rendered. It comes from a root which signifies to lay up.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The LORD
יְהוָ֤ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

will decree
יְצַ֨ו (yə·ṣaw)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

a blessing
הַבְּרָכָ֔ה (hab·bə·rā·ḵāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1293: Benediction, prosperity

on your barns
בַּאֲסָמֶ֕יךָ (ba·’ă·sā·me·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 618: A storehouse

and on everything
וּבְכֹ֖ל (ū·ḇə·ḵōl)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

to which you put
מִשְׁלַ֣ח (miš·laḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4916: A sending out, presentation, seizure

your hand;
יָדֶ֑ךָ (yā·ḏe·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

the LORD
יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

your God
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

will bless you
וּבֵ֣רַכְךָ֔ (ū·ḇê·raḵ·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

in the land
בָּאָ֕רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

He is giving
נֹתֵ֥ן (nō·ṯên)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

you.
לָֽךְ׃ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew


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