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You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Living Translation</a> The LORD will send rain at the proper time from his rich treasury in the heavens and will bless all the work you do. You will lend to many nations, but you will never need to borrow from them. <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/28.htm">English Standard Version</a> The LORD will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none. <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/28.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/28.htm">New King James Version</a> The LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. <a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> The LORD will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless every work of your hand; and you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow. <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220The LORD will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. <a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “The LORD will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. <a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Yahweh will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. <a href="/amp/deuteronomy/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a> The LORD will open for you His good treasure house, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow. <a href="/csb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The LORD will open for you his abundant storehouse, the sky, to give your land rain in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow. <a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The LORD will open for you His abundant storehouse, the sky, to give your land rain in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow. <a href="/asv/deuteronomy/28.htm">American Standard Version</a> Jehovah will open unto thee his good treasure the heavens, 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, and thou shalt not borrow. <a href="/cev/deuteronomy/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The LORD will open the storehouses of the skies where he keeps the rain, and he will send rain on your land at just the right times. He will make you successful in everything you do. You will have plenty of money to lend to other nations, but you won't need to borrow any yourself. <a href="/erv/deuteronomy/28.htm">English Revised Version</a> The LORD shall 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 thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. <a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The LORD will open the heavens, his rich storehouse, for you. He will send rain on your land at the right time and bless everything you do. You will be able to make loans to many nations but won't need to borrow from any. <a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Good News Translation</a> He will send rain in season from his rich storehouse in the sky and bless all your work, so that you will lend to many nations, but you will not have to borrow from any. <a href="/isv/deuteronomy/28.htm">International Standard Version</a> "The LORD will open his rich treasury, the heavens, to release rain upon your land in season and bless everything you undertake so that you'll lend to many nations but won't borrow. <a href="/net/deuteronomy/28.htm">NET Bible</a> The LORD will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any. <a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The LORD 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: and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow. <a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> The LORD shall open to thee his good treasure, the heaven to give rain to thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand: and thou shalt lend to many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none. <a href="/web/deuteronomy/28.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> YHWH opens his good treasure to you—the heavens—to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand, and you have lent to many nations, and you do not borrow. <a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'Jehovah doth open to thee his good treasure -- the heavens -- to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand, and thou hast lent to many nations, and thou -- thou dost not borrow. <a href="/slt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Jehovah will open to thee his good store, the heavens to give the rain of thy land in its time, and to bless all the doing of thy hand: and thou didst lend to many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> The Lord will open his excellent treasure, the heaven, that it may give rain in due season: and he will bless all the works of thy hands. And thou shalt lend to many nations, and shalt not borrow of any one. <a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> The Lord will open his excellent treasury, the heavens, so that it may distribute rain in due time. And he will bless all the works of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but you yourself will borrow nothing from anyone. <a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/28.htm">New American Bible</a> The LORD will open up for you his rich storehouse, the heavens, to give your land rain in due season and to bless all the works of your hands. You will lend to many nations but borrow from none. <a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The LORD will open for you his rich storehouse, the heavens, to give the rain of your land in its season and to bless all your undertakings. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> The LORD shall open to you his good storehouse, the heaven, to give you rain to your land in its season; and he will bless all the works of your hands; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you. <a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> LORD JEHOVAH shall open to you his good storehouse of Heaven and he shall give the rain of your land in its time and he shall bless all of the works of your hands; you shall lend to many nations and you shall not borrow, and you shall have authority among many nations and they shall not have power with you.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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. <a href="/sep/deuteronomy/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> May the Lord open to thee his good treasure, the heaven, to give rain to thy land in season: may he bless all the works of thy hands: so shalt thou lend to many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee. <a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/28-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=7425" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">The Blessings of Obedience</a> …11The LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you. 12<a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">The LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6605.htm" title="6605: yip̄·taḥ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve. A primitive root; to open wide; specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve.">will open</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·ma·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">the heavens,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2896.htm" title="2896: haṭ·ṭō·wḇ (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Pleasant, agreeable, good.">His abundant</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/214.htm" title="214: ’ō·w·ṣā·rōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Treasure, store, a treasury, storehouse. From 'atsar; a depository.">storehouse,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: lā·ṯêṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">to send</a> <a href="/hebrew/4306.htm" title="4306: mə·ṭar- (N-msc) -- Rain. From matar; rain.">rain</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ar·ṣə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">on your land</a> <a href="/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256: bə·‘it·tōw (Prep-b:: N-csc:: 3ms) -- Time. From ad; time, especially now, when, etc.">in season</a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: ū·lə·ḇā·rêḵ (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse.">and to bless</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/4639.htm" title="4639: ma·‘ă·śêh (N-msc) -- A deed, work. From asah; an action; generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product or property.">the work</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏe·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">of your hands.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3867.htm" title="3867: wə·hil·wî·ṯā (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-2ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to twine, i.e. to unite, to remain; also to borrow or To lend.">You will lend</a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: rab·bîm (Adj-mp) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">to many</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: gō·w·yim (N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">nations,</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tāh (Conj-w:: Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">but</a> <a href="/hebrew/3867.htm" title="3867: ṯil·weh (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to twine, i.e. to unite, to remain; also to borrow or To lend.">borrow</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">from none.</a> 13The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/26-4.htm">Leviticus 26:4-5</a> I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit. / Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land. <a href="/psalms/145-15.htm">Psalm 145:15-16</a> The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season. / You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing. <a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Malachi 3:10</a> 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. <a href="/proverbs/3-9.htm">Proverbs 3:9-10</a> Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops; / then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine. <a href="/joel/2-23.htm">Joel 2:23-24</a> Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before. / The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil. <a href="/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">2 Chronicles 7:13-14</a> If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people, / and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. <a href="/isaiah/30-23.htm">Isaiah 30:23</a> Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures. <a href="/ezekiel/34-26.htm">Ezekiel 34:26</a> I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing. <a href="/jeremiah/5-24.htm">Jeremiah 5:24</a> They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’ <a href="/zechariah/10-1.htm">Zechariah 10:1</a> Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field. <a href="/matthew/6-33.htm">Matthew 6:33</a> But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. <a href="/luke/6-38.htm">Luke 6:38</a> Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” <a href="/philippians/4-19.htm">Philippians 4:19</a> And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus. <a href="/2_corinthians/9-8.htm">2 Corinthians 9:8-11</a> And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. / As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.” / Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness. ... <a href="/james/1-17.htm">James 1:17</a> Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>The LORD shall open to you his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain to your land in his season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow.open<a href="/deuteronomy/11-14.htm">Deuteronomy 11:14</a> That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.<a href="/leviticus/26-4.htm">Leviticus 26:4</a> 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.<a href="/job/38-22.htm">Job 38:22</a> Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,to bless all<a href="/deuteronomy/14-29.htm">Deuteronomy 14:29</a> And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.<a href="/deuteronomy/15-10.htm">Deuteronomy 15:10</a> Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.lend<a href="/deuteronomy/28-44.htm">Deuteronomy 28:44</a> He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.<a href="/deuteronomy/15-6.htm">Deuteronomy 15:6</a> For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.<a href="/proverbs/22-7.htm">Proverbs 22:7</a> The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/28-8.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-6.htm">Borrow</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/9-5.htm">Bounty</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-8.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-15.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-15.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-11.htm">Lend</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-1.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-2.htm">Open</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-17.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-6.htm">Season</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-19.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/luke/12-24.htm">Storehouse</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-18.htm">Treasure</a> <a href="/john/8-20.htm">Treasury</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-15.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/29-19.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-3.htm">Borrow</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-13.htm">Bounty</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-14.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-30.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-23.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-44.htm">Lend</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-37.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-4.htm">Open</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/joshua/24-7.htm">Season</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-23.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-15.htm">Storehouse</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-3.htm">Treasure</a> <a href="/joshua/6-19.htm">Treasury</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-33.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 28</div>1. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-1.htm">The blessings for obedience</a> 15. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">The curses for disobedience</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/28.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/28.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>The LORD will open the heavens This phrase signifies divine intervention and blessing. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, the heavens were often seen as the domain of the gods, and rain was considered a direct blessing from them. In the biblical context, the opening of the heavens indicates God's favor and provision. This imagery is also seen in <a href="/genesis/7-11.htm">Genesis 7:11</a> during the flood and in <a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Malachi 3:10</a>, where God promises to "open the windows of heaven" for those who are faithful in tithing.His abundant storehouse The concept of a storehouse suggests a place of reserve and abundance. In the agrarian society of ancient Israel, a storehouse would be where grain and other resources were kept. This phrase implies that God has an inexhaustible supply of blessings and resources. It echoes the idea of God's provision seen in Joseph's management of Egypt's storehouses in <a href="/genesis/41.htm">Genesis 41</a>.to send rain on your land in season Rain was crucial for the survival and prosperity of Israel, an agrarian society dependent on agriculture. The phrase "in season" indicates timely and appropriate provision, ensuring crops would grow and harvests would be plentiful. This promise of rain is a direct contrast to the curses of drought mentioned earlier in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>. It also reflects the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where obedience leads to blessings.and to bless all the work of your hands This promise extends beyond agriculture to all forms of labor and enterprise. It suggests that God's blessing will make the efforts of the Israelites fruitful and successful. This idea is consistent with the broader biblical theme that God rewards diligence and faithfulness, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/10-4.htm">Proverbs 10:4</a> and <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 9:10</a>.You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none This phrase indicates economic prosperity and independence. In the ancient world, lending to other nations was a sign of wealth and influence, while borrowing was often a sign of subjugation or need. This promise suggests that Israel, under God's blessing, would be a leader among nations, reflecting the Abrahamic promise of being a blessing to all nations (<a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2-3</a>). It also foreshadows the messianic kingdom where God's people will be a light to the nations.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who promises blessings for obedience. 2. <a href="/topical/h/heavens.htm">Heavens</a> Symbolic of God's divine provision and the source of rain and blessings. 3. <a href="/topical/s/storehouse_of_his_bounty.htm">Storehouse of His bounty</a> Represents God's abundant resources and His willingness to provide for His people. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_land.htm">The Land</a> Refers to the Promised Land, which God gave to the Israelites as an inheritance. 5. <a href="/topical/n/nations.htm">Nations</a> Other peoples and countries that Israel would interact with, highlighting their potential influence and prosperity.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_and_sovereignty.htm">God's Provision and Sovereignty</a> Recognize that all blessings come from God, who controls the heavens and the earth. Trust in His timing and provision. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_blessing.htm">Obedience and Blessing</a> Understand that God's blessings are often contingent upon our obedience to His commands. Reflect on areas of life where obedience can be strengthened. <a href="/topical/s/stewardship_and_generosity.htm">Stewardship and Generosity</a> As recipients of God's bounty, we are called to be good stewards and to lend generously to others, reflecting God's generosity. <a href="/topical/i/influence_and_witness.htm">Influence and Witness</a> The ability to lend to nations signifies influence. Consider how your life can be a testimony to God's faithfulness and provision. <a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_promises.htm">Faith in God's Promises</a> Hold fast to the promises of God, knowing that He is faithful to fulfill them. Encourage others with the assurance of His provision.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_28.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 28</a> <a href="/q/what_blessings_come_from_obeying_god.htm">What blessings follow from obedience to God's commands?</a> <a href="/q/should_christians_get_a_mortgage.htm">Should Christians consider taking out a mortgage?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_storms_show_god's_judgment_and_care.htm">In Job 36:31–33, how does the idea that God uses storms for both judgment and provision reconcile with natural disasters that indiscriminately affect believers and unbelievers alike?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_of_israel's_ancient_lending.htm">Deuteronomy 15:6 suggests Israel would lend to many nations—what evidence supports Israel’s capacity for widespread lending in antiquity? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/28.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(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 (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-12.htm" title="The LORD shall open to you his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain to your land in his season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow.">Deuteronomy 28:12</a>), "Jehovah shall open to thee His good treasure," &c. (from the Talmudic treatise, Ta'anith, p. 20, b).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/28.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 12. - His good treasure; equivalent to his treasure-house, i.e. heaven, whence blessing should be poured out upon them (cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-14.htm">Deuteronomy 11:14</a>; <a href="/leviticus/26-4.htm">Leviticus 26:4, 5</a>). 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. <a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/28-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>The LORD יְהוָ֣ה ׀ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel will open יִפְתַּ֣ח (yip̄·taḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6605.htm">Strong's 6605: </a> To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve the heavens, הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> Heaven, sky His abundant הַטּ֜וֹב (haṭ·ṭō·wḇ) Article | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2896.htm">Strong's 2896: </a> Pleasant, agreeable, good storehouse, אוֹצָר֨וֹ (’ō·w·ṣā·rōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_214.htm">Strong's 214: </a> Treasure, store, a treasury, storehouse to send לָתֵ֤ת (lā·ṯêṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set rain מְטַֽר־ (mə·ṭar-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4306.htm">Strong's 4306: </a> Rain to your land אַרְצְךָ֙ (’ar·ṣə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land in season בְּעִתּ֔וֹ (bə·‘it·tōw) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6256.htm">Strong's 6256: </a> Time, now, when and to bless וּלְבָרֵ֕ךְ (ū·lə·ḇā·rêḵ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1288.htm">Strong's 1288: </a> To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the work מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה (ma·‘ă·śêh) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4639.htm">Strong's 4639: </a> An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property of your hands. יָדֶ֑ךָ (yā·ḏe·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand You will lend וְהִלְוִ֙יתָ֙ (wə·hil·wî·ṯā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3867.htm">Strong's 3867: </a> To twine, to unite, to remain, to borrow, to lend to many רַבִּ֔ים (rab·bîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> Much, many, great nations, גּוֹיִ֣ם (gō·w·yim) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts but וְאַתָּ֖ה (wə·’at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you borrow תִלְוֶֽה׃ (ṯil·weh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3867.htm">Strong's 3867: </a> To twine, to unite, to remain, to borrow, to lend from none. לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/28-12.htm">Deuteronomy 28:12 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/28-12.htm">Deuteronomy 28:12 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/28-12.htm">Deuteronomy 28:12 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28-12.htm">Deuteronomy 28:12 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/28-12.htm">Deuteronomy 28:12 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/28-12.htm">Deuteronomy 28:12 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/28-12.htm">Deuteronomy 28:12 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/28-12.htm">Deuteronomy 28:12 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/28-12.htm">Deuteronomy 28:12 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/28-12.htm">Deuteronomy 28:12 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-12.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 28:12 Yahweh will open to you his good (Deut. 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