Deuteronomy 33:13
11 Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
12 And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,
15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
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
- Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath,
- KJV
- And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
- WEB
- About Joseph he said, “His land is blessed by the LORD, for the precious things of the heavens, for the dew, for the deep that couches beneath,
- ASV
- And of Joseph he said, Blessed of Jehovah be his land, For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath,
- DARBY
- And of Joseph he said, Blessed of Jehovah be his land! By the precious things of the heavens, By the dew, and by the deep that lieth beneath,
- BLB
- And of Joseph he said, “Blessed of YHWH [is] his land with the precious things of the heavens, by dew, and the deep crouching beneath,
- ÅB
- Og om Josef sa han: Velsignet av Herren være hans land med himmelens ypperste gaver, med dugg og med vann fra det store dyp der nede,
- OTB
- Om Josef sa han: “Måtte Herren velsigne hans land med den dyrebare dugg fra himmelen ovenfor og fra de dype vannene som ligger nedenfor;
- B1930
- Og om Josef sa han: Velsignet av Herren være hans land med himmelens ypperste gaver, med dugg og med vann fra det store dyp der nede,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 49:22–26
Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
Read in contextMicah 5:7
And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
Read in contextProverbs 3:20
By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
Read in contextGenesis 27:28–29
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
Read in contextIsaiah 18:4
For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
Read in contextProverbs 19:12
The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Read in contextHosea 14:5
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Read in contextZechariah 8:12
For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
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