Deuteronomy 28:2
What does Deuteronomy 28:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 28:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And all these blessings will come on you and overtake you, if your ears are open to the voice of the Lord your God.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and all these blessings have come upon thee, and overtaken thee, because thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God:
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And all these blessings shall come upon thee and overtake thee: yet so if thou hear his precepts.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thyGod.
Context
v.1And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth:
v.2This passage
v.3Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 28:45
And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
- Zechariah 1:6
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? and they turned and said, Like as Jehovah of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
- 1 Timothy 4:8
for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.
- Deuteronomy 28:15
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.
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