Deuteronomy 28:1

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
hearken	שָׁמ֤וֹעַ sha.Mo.a'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal infinitive absolute
diligently	תִּשְׁמַע֙ tish.Ma'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
voice	בְּקוֹל֙ be.kOl	H6963	a voice or sound · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ 'e.lo.Hei.kha	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
observe	לִשְׁמֹ֤ר lish.Mor	H8104	properly · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
do	לַעֲשׂוֹת֙ la.'a.sOt	H6213	to do or make · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
commandments	מִצְוֹתָ֔יו mitz.vo.Tav	H4687	a command · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
command	מְצַוְּךָ֖ me.tza.ve.Kha	H6680	(intensively) to constitute · verb, piel active participle, masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
day	הַיּ֑וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָ֤ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ 'e.lo.Hei.kha	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
set	וּנְתָ֨נְךָ֜ u.ne.Ta.ne.kha	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
high	עֶלְי֔וֹן el.Yon	H5945	an elevation · adjective, masculine singular absolute
nations	גּוֹיֵ֥י go.Yei	H1471	a foreign nation · noun, common masculine plural construct
earth	הָאָֽרֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Isaiah 1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
Exodus 23:22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine ad…
Leviticus 26:3-13 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
Luke 11:28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
John 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Exodus 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear…
Psalms 91:14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
Deuteronomy 7:12-26 Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the cov…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 28:1-14

The blessings are here put before the curses, to intimate, 1. That God is slow to anger, but swift to show mercy: he has said it, and sworn, that he would much rather we would obey and live than sin and die. It is his delight to bless. 2. That though both the promises and the threatenings are designed to bring and hold us to our duty, yet it is better that we be allured to that which is good by a filial hope of God's favour than that we be frightened to it by a servile fear of his wrath. That obedience pleases best which comes from a principle of delight in God's goodness. Now, I. We have here the conditions upon which the blessing is promised. 1. It is upon condition that they diligently he…

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John Gill on Deuteronomy 28:1

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God,.... In his law, and by his prophets: to observe and to do all his commandments, which I command thee this day; for without observing them to do them, hearing them would be to little purpose, and they were all of them to be observed and done, the lesser and weightier matters of the law as they were commanded by Moses in the name of the Lord, and as they would be taught, explained, and enforced by the prophets: that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: as they were in the times of David and Solomon; See Gill on Deuteronomy 26:19.

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 28:1-14

Deuteronomy 28:1-14 1. And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 1. Et erit, si audiendo audieris vocem Jehovae Dei tui, ut custodias ad faciendum omnia praecepta ejus quae ego paecipio tibi hodie: tunc constituet to Jehova Deus tuus superiorem onmibus gentibus terrae. 2. And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. 2. Et venient super to omnes benedictiones istae, apprehendentque te, si modo obedieris voci Jehov…

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Dictionary and topics

By-word — Hebrew millah (Job 30:9), a word or speech, and hence object of talk; Hebrew mashal (Ps. 44:14), a proverb or parable. When it denotes a sharp word of derision, as in Deut. 28:37, 1 Kings 9:7, 2 Chr.…
Heathen — (Heb. plural goyum). At first the word goyim denoted generally all the nations of the world (Gen. 18:18; comp. Gal. 3:8). The Jews afterwards became a people distinguished in a marked manner from the…
Jerusalem — Called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of Judah” (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the…
Blessing · RESPONSIVE BLESSINGS OF THE LAW — RESPONSIVE BLESSINGS OF THE LAW
Law Of Moses, The · Divided into: A covenant of works to the Jews as a nation — Divided into: A covenant of works to the Jews as a nation
Obedience · ENJOINED — ENJOINED
Obedience To God · Blessedness of — Blessedness of
Rebellion Against God · Promises to those who avoid — Promises to those who avoid

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 28:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 28:1-14

John Gill on Deuteronomy 28:1

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 28:1-14

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 28:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 28:1-14

John Gill on Deuteronomy 28:1

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 28:1-14

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 28:1-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 28:1-68