Deuteronomy 28:3 “You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.”

Deuteronomy 28:3

You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

World English Bible

You shall be blessed in the city, and you shall be blessed in the field.

American Standard Version

Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

Geneva Bible 1599

Blessed shalt thou be in the citie, and blessed also in the fielde.

Darby Translation

Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

Young's Literal Translation

'Blessed [art] thou in the city, and blessed [art] thou in the field.

Bible in Basic English

A blessing will be on you in the town, and a blessing in the field.

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Cross references

“in the city”

Psalm 144:12–15 Psalm 128:1–5 Isaiah 65:21–23 Zechariah 8:3–5 Psalm 107:36 Psalm 107:37

Psalm 144:12–15 · BSB

Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.

Psalm 128:1–5 · BSB

Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!

Isaiah 65:21–23 · BSB

They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

Zechariah 8:3–5 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”

Psalm 107:36 · BSB

He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.

Psalm 107:37 · BSB

They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.

“in the field”

Genesis 39:5 Haggai 2:19 Genesis 26:12 Amos 9:13 Amos 9:14 Malachi 3:10

Genesis 39:5 · BSB

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 fiel…

Haggai 2:19 · BSB

Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”

Genesis 26:12 · BSB

Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

Amos 9:13 · BSB

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.

Amos 9:14 · BSB

I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.

Malachi 3:10 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God:

4The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock— the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.

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