And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God:
Parallel translations
- WEB All these blessings will come upon you, and overtake you, if you listen to Yahweh your God’s voice.
- KJV And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
- NKJV And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:
- NASB And all these blessings will come to you and reach you if you obey the Lord your God:
- NLT You will experience all these blessings if you obey the Lord your God:
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Quick answer
God's blessings will actively pursue and overtake those who obey his voice.
Overview
The image of blessings overtaking Israel pictures God's grace as something that chases down the obedient. Far from grudging, God delights to bless his faithful people abundantly. This abundance flows from listening to and heeding his word.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Zech 1:6But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”
- Deut 28:15If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
- 1 Tim 4:8For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
- Deut 28:45All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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