Deuteronomy 11:15
13 So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,
14 then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.
And I will provide grass in the fields for your livestock, and you will eat and be satisfied.
16 But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,
17 or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And I will provide grass in the fields for your livestock, and you will eat and be satisfied.
- KJV
- And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.
- WEB
- I will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and you shall eat and be full.
- ASV
- And I will give grass in thy fields for thy cattle, and thou shalt eat and be full.
- DARBY
- and I will give grass in thy field for thy cattle; and thou shalt eat and be full.
- BLB
- and I will give grass in your fields for your livestock, that you may eat and be satisfied.
- ÅB
- og for ditt fe vil jeg gi deg gress på dine marker, og du skal spise og bli mett.
- OTB
- Han vil også gi gress på deres marker for deres kveg, og dere skal spise og bli mette.
- B1930
- og for ditt fe vil jeg gi dig gress på dine marker, og du skal ete og bli mett.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 104:14
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
Read in contextDeuteronomy 6:11
with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,
Read in contextJoel 2:19
And the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.
Read in contextMalachi 3:10–11
Bring 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.
Read in contextJoel 2:22
Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:10
When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.
Read in contextHaggai 1:6
You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”
Read in contextJoel 1:18
How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
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