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Deuteronomy 28

Deut. 28:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Blessed
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
i shalt thou be in the city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
, and blessed
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
shalt thou be in the field
sadeh (Hebrew #7704)
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat)
KJV usage: country, field, ground, land, soil, X wild.
Pronounce: saw-deh'
Origin: or saday {saw-dah'-ee}
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Cross References

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in the city.
Psa. 107:36‑37• 36And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation;
37And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase;
(Psa. 107:36‑37)
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Psa. 128:1‑5• 1A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, that walketh in his ways.
2For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table.
4Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth Jehovah.
5Jehovah will bless thee out of Zion; and mayest thou see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life,
(Psa. 128:1‑5)
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Psa. 144:12‑15• 12That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace:
13Our granaries full, affording all manner of store; our sheep bringing forth thousands, ten thousands in our pastures;
14Our kine laden with young; no breaking in and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets.
15Blessed the people that is in such a case! Blessed the people whose God is Jehovah!
(Psa. 144:12‑15)
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Isa. 65:21‑23• 21And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof:
22they shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
23They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for terror; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.
(Isa. 65:21‑23)
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Zech. 8:3‑5• 3Thus saith Jehovah: I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem shall be called, The city of truth; and the mountain of Jehovah of hosts, The holy mountain.
4Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: There shall yet old men and old women sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each one with his staff in his hand for multitude of days.
5And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
(Zech. 8:3‑5)
in the field.
Gen. 26:12• 12And Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold; and Jehovah blessed him. (Gen. 26:12)
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Gen. 39:5• 5And it came to pass from the time he had set him over his house and all that he had, that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Jehovah was on all that he had in the house and in the field. (Gen. 39:5)
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Amos 9:13‑14• 13Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop new wine, and all the hills shall melt.
14And I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; and they shall make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
(Amos 9:13‑14)
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Hag. 2:19• 19Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-tree have not brought forth: from this day will I bless you. (Hag. 2:19)
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Mal. 3:10‑11• 10Bring the whole tithe into the treasure-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I open not to you the windows of the heavens, and pour you out a blessing, till there be no place for it.
11And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts.
(Mal. 3:10‑11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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