Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You will lend to many nations, and you will not borrow.
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Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You will lend to many nations, and you will not borrow.
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The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
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The LORD will open unto thee His good treasure the heaven to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand; and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow.
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 28:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 15:6 For Yahweh your God will bless you, as he promised you. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow. You will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you.
- Joel 2:23-24 “Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh, your God; for he gives you the early rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the early rain and the latter rain, as before. The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
- Deuteronomy 11:14 that I will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.
- Leviticus 26:4 then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
- Deuteronomy 15:10 You shall surely give, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because it is for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you put your hand to.
- Proverbs 22:7 The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
- Deuteronomy 14:29 The Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, as well as the foreigner living among you, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
- Psalms 135:7 He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings with the rain. He brings the wind out of his treasuries.
- Psalms 65:9-13 You visit the earth, and water it. You greatly enrich it. The river of God is full of water. You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it. You drench its furrows. You level its ridges. You soften it with showers. You bless it with a crop. You crown the year with your bounty. Your carts overflow with abundance. The wilderness grasslands overflow. The hills are clothed with gladness. The pastures are covered with flocks. The valleys also are clothed with grain. They shout for joy! They also sing.
- Deuteronomy 28:44 He will lend to you, and you won’t lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.
- Job 38:22 Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasures of the hail,
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain For nothing in the earth is profitable but when…
For nothing in the earth is profitable but when God sendeth his blessings from heaven.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 28:12 The LORD shall open unto thee his…
Deu 28:12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
Ver. 12. And thou shalt lend.] This was our condition in the happy days of that incomparable Elizabeth, not to be passed over slightly without one sigh breathed forth, now after forty years, in her sacred memory. What a deal both of men and moneys did she lend the French, the Hollanders, &c.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain His good treasure, to wit, the heaven or the…
His good treasure, to wit, the heaven or the air, as it here follows, which is God’s storehouse, where he treasures up rain or wind or other things for man’s use. See Job 38:22; Psa 33:7.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the Lord shall make thee the head, and…
And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail,.... Give them dominion over others, and not make them subject to them; the head signifies rulers and governors, and the tail the common people that are subjects; or the one such that are honourable and in high esteem, and the other such that are mean and base; see Isa 9:14; the Targum of Jonathan is,"the Word of the Lord shall make thee, &c."
and thou shalt be above only, and thou shall not be beneath; which explains what is meant by head and tail, being uppermost and lowermost, as the head is the upper part, and the tail the lower part of a creature; the one is more honourable, the other vile: the sense is, that they should be superior to other people in honour and dignity, and not below them, or vassals to them:
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if that thou hearken to the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day to observe and to do them; which is the condition on which all this happiness depended.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain His treasure - The heaven or the air, which…
His treasure - The heaven or the air, which is God's storehouse, where he treasures up rain or wind for man's use.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 12. The Lord shall open unto thee his…
Verse 12. The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure] The clouds, so that a sufficiency of fructifying showers should descend at all requisite times, and the vegetative principle in the earth should unfold and exert itself, so that their crops should be abundant.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Lend. To do this with usury, is far from…
Lend. To do this with usury, is far from being a blessing; but to be able to assist those who are in distress, is a happiness; particularly for that nation which as yet does not know the merit of evangelical poverty. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure--The…
The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure--The seasonable supply of the early and latter rain was one of the principal means by which their land was so uncommonly fruitful.
thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow--that is, thou shalt be in such affluent circumstances, as to be capable, out of thy superfluous wealth, to give aid to thy poorer neighbors.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. his good treasury the heaven] As in R.V.…
12. his good treasury the heaven] As in R.V. marg. Cp. Gen_1:7; Gen_7:11; Gen_8:2; Job_38:22 (treasuries of snow and hail); Jer_10:13; Book of Enoch, 60:11–22. On the rain see Deu_11:11; Deu_11:17; on the work of thine hand, i.e. in the field, see Deu_14:29.
and thou shalt lend, etc.] See on Deu_15:6.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) The Lord shall open unto thee his good…
(12) The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain.—The Jews have a saying that, “There are three keys in the hand of the Holy One, blessed be He! which He hath not intrusted to the hand of a messenger, and they are these, the key of the rains, the key of birth, and the key of the resurrection of the dead.” The key of the rain, as it is written (Deu_28:12), “Jehovah shall open to thee His good treasure,” &c. (from the Talmudic treatise, Ta’anith, p. 20, b).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain His good treasure; equivalent to his treasure-house, i.e. heaven,…
His good treasure; equivalent to his treasure-house, i.e. heaven, whence blessing should be poured out upon them. (cf. Deu_11:14; Lev_26:4, Lev_26:5) He would so fructify their ground, and so bless their toil in cultivating it, that they should become rich, and be able to lend to other nations, and not need to borrow.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain The Lord shall open unto thee His good treasure.
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The Lord shall open unto thee His good treasure.
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The Lords treasure
This refers first to the rain. The Lord will give this in its season. Rain is the emblem of all those celestial refreshings which the Lord is ready to bestow upon His people. Oh, for a copious shower to refresh the Lords heritage! We seem to think that Gods treasury can only be opened by a great prophet like Elijah, but it is not so, for this promise is to all the faithful in Israel, and, indeed, to each one of them. O believing friend, the Lord shall open unto thee His good treasure. Thou, too, mayest see heaven opened, and thrust in thy hand and take out thy portion, yea, and a portion for all thy brethren round about thee. Ask what thou wilt, and thou shalt not be denied, if thou abidest in Christ, and His words abide in thee. As yet thou hast not known all thy Lords treasures, but He shall open them up to thy understanding. Certainly thou hast not yet enjoyed the fulness of His covenant riches, but He will direct thy heart into His love, and reveal Jesus in thee. Only the Lord Himself can do this for thee; but here is His promise, and if thou wilt hearken diligently unto His voice, and obey His will, His riches in glory by Christ Jesus shall be thine. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 28:12 his rich treasury in the heavens: This metaphor…
28:12 his rich treasury in the heavens: This metaphor describes the clouds that provide life-giving rain to the earth.
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