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.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Is the seed yet in the barn? Yes, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree haven’t produced. From today I will bless you.’”
- KJV Is 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.
- NKJV Is the seed still in the barn? As yet the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yielded fruit. But from this day I will bless you.’ ”
- NASB Is the seed still in the barn? Even including the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree, it has not produced fruit. Yet from this day on I will bless you.’ ”
- NLT I am giving you a promise now while the seed is still in the barn. You have not yet harvested your grain, and your grapevines, fig trees, pomegranates, and olive trees have not yet produced their crops. But from this day onward I will bless you.”
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Quick answer
Though the barns and orchards are still empty, God promises, 'From today I will bless you.' Blessing comes by His grace before any visible harvest.
Overview
The crops had not yet produced, so the promise rests not on present evidence but on God's pure favor. From the day of obedience, He pledges to reverse their scarcity. This grace, given ahead of any results, reflects the gospel pattern in which God blesses His people by His promise, not their performance.
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- Mal 3:10Bring 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.
- Hab 3:17–18Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,
- Prov 3:9–10Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
- Matt 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
- Zech 8:11–15But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did in the past,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
- Gen 26:12Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
- Ps 84:12O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!
- Ps 128:1–5A song of ascents. Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
- Deut 15:10Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.
- Lev 26:3–13If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments,
- Deut 28:2–15And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God:
- Ps 133:3It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.
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