Deuteronomy 28:47
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,”
A short, plain-language explanation of Deuteronomy 28:47 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;”
King James Version · Public Domain“Because thou servedst not Jehovah thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Because that thou hast not served Jehovah thy God with joy, and with gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things--”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 28:47 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 12:7There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.
- Deuteronomy 16:11and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
- Deuteronomy 32:13He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
- Deuteronomy 32:14with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.
- 2 Chronicles 12:8Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”
- Nehemiah 9:35For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.
- Psalms 100:2Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.
- 1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
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