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Leviticus 26:4-6

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. Your threshing shall continue until the vintage, and the vintage shall continue until the sowing time. You shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

“ ‘I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and no one will make you afraid. I will remove evil animals out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

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“ ‘If you walk in my statutes and keep my commandments, and do them, 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. Your threshing shall continue until the vintage, and the vintage shall continue until the sowing time. You shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

“ ‘I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and no one will make you afraid. I will remove evil animals out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. You shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    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.

    Your threshing shall continue until the vintage, and the vintage shall continue until the sowing time. You shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

    “ ‘I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and no one will make you afraid. I will remove evil animals out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

  • KJV King James Version

    Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

    And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

    And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield her produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

    And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time; and ye shall eat your bread until ye have enough, and dwell in your land safely.

    And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; and I will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

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Cross-references (80)

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  • Psalms 147:14 (v6) He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
  • Jeremiah 30:10 (v6) Therefore don’t be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh. Don’t be dismayed, Israel. For, behold, I will save you from afar, and save…
  • Psalms 29:11 (v6) Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace.
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  • Amos 9:13 (v5) “Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the one treading grapes him who sows seed; and sweet…
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  • Joel 2:26 (v5) You will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied, and will praise the name of Yahweh, your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; and my…
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  • Proverbs 6:22 (v6) When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.
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  • Haggai 2:18-19 (v4) ‘Consider, please, from this day and backward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of Yahweh’s…
  • Matthew 5:45 (v4) that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just…
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  • 1 Kings 17:1 (v4) Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there…
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  • Psalms 46:1-7 (v5) God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth changes, though the…
  • Psalms 90:1 (v5) Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.
  • Psalms 104:13 (v4) He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
  • Proverbs 18:10 (v5) Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
  • Isaiah 5:6 (v4) I will lay it a wasteland. It won’t be pruned or hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no…
  • Jeremiah 14:22 (v4) Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the sky give showers? Aren’t you he, Yahweh our God? Therefore…
  • Jeremiah 23:6 (v5) In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely. This is his name by which he will be called: Yahweh our righteousness.
  • Amos 4:7-8 (v4) “I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain on one city, and caused…
  • Matthew 9:37-38 (v5) Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will…
  • Matthew 23:37 (v5) “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children…
  • John 4:35-36 (v5) Don’t you say, ‘There are yet four months until the harvest?’ Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, that they are…
  • James 5:7 (v4) Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient…
  • James 5:17-18 (v4) Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn’t rain on the earth for three years…
  • 1 Peter 1:5 (v5) who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • Revelation 11:6 (v4) These have the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy. They have power over the waters, to turn…

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv4, 6 By promising abundance of earthly things, he stirreth the…

By promising abundance of earthly things, he stirreth the mind to consider the rich treasures of the spiritual blessings.

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv4–6 Lev 26:4 Then I will give you rain in…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv4–6 I will give you rain; therefore God placed them…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv4–6 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv4–6 Rain - Therefore God placed them not in a…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv4–5 Verse 4. Rain in due season] What in Scripture…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv5–6 Lev 26:5. Threshing shall reach unto the vintage, &c.…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v5 Time. So great shall be the abundance, that you…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv4–5 I will give you rain in due season, and…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv4–6 4. Rain in due season — When the moral…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv5–6 5. Such shall be the abundant yield of cereals…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv4–6 (4) Then I will give you rain in due…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v4 Vers. 4-6. These verses appear to have been in…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v5 will eat your bread to the full
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v5 26:5 Israel’s restoration following captivity also promised a harvest…
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