Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall be blessed in the city, and you shall be blessed in the field.
- BSB You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
- NKJV “Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.
- NASB “Blessed will you be in the city, and blessed will you be in the country.
- NLT Your towns and your fields will be blessed.
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Quick answer
God promises blessing in every place, whether city or field, for the obedient.
Overview
This merism covers the whole sphere of daily life, urban and rural. No realm of Israel's existence falls outside God's blessing. It shows that covenant faithfulness touches every corner of ordinary life.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Gen 39:5And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
- Ps 144:12–15That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
- Hag 2:19Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.
- Ps 107:36–37And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
- Gen 26:12Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
- Isa 65:21–23And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
- Mal 3:10–11Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
- Ps 128:1–5Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
- Amos 9:13–14Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
- Zech 8:3–5Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
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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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