Leviticus 26 · Verse 5

Leviticus 26:5

And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
Leviticus 26:5, King James Version

Leviticus 26:5 in other translations

BSBYour 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.
WEBYour threshing shall continue until the vintage, and the vintage shall continue until the sowing time. You shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
ASVAnd your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
YLTand reached to you hath the threshing, the gathering, and the gathering doth reach the sowing- time; and ye have eaten your bread to satiety, and have dwelt confidently in your land.
DARBYand your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing-time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land securely.
BBEAnd the crushing of the grain will overtake the cutting of the grapes, and the cutting of the grapes will overtake the planting of the seed, and there will be bread in full measure, and you will be living in your land safely.
WebsterAnd your threshing shall reach to the vintage, and the vintage shall reach to the sowing time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

What does Leviticus 26:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time, &c.--The barley harvest in Judea was about the middle of April; the wheat harvest about six weeks after, or in the beginning of June. After the harvest came the vintage, and fruit gathering towards the latter end of July. Moses led the Hebrews to believe that, provided they were faithful to God, there would be no idle time between the harvest and vintage, so great would be the increase. (See Am 9:13). This promise would be very animating to a people who had come from a country where, for three months, they were pent up without being able to walk abroad because the fields were under water.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Your threshing shall reach unto the vintage - According to Pliny, Hist. Nat., l. xviii., c. 18, the Egyptians reaped their barley six months, and their oats seven months, after seed time; for they sowed all their grain about the end of summer, when the overflowings of the Nile had ceased. It was nearly the same in Judaea: they sowed their corn and barley towards the end of autumn, and about the month of October; and they began their barley-harvest after the passover, about the middle of March; and in one month or six weeks after, about pentecost, they began that of their wheat. After their wheat-harvest their vintage commenced. Moses here leads the Hebrews to hope, if they continued faithful to God, that between their harvest and vintage, and between their vintage and seed-time, there should be no interval, so great should the abundance be; and these promises would appear to them the more impressive, as they had just now come out of a country where the inhabitants were obliged to remain for nearly three months shut up within their cities, because the Nile had then inundated the whole country. See Calmet. "This is a nervous and beautiful promise of such entire plenty of corn and wine, that before they could have reaped and threshed out their corn the vintage should be ready, and before they could have pressed out their wine it would be time to sow again. The Prophet Amos, Amo 9:13 expresses the same blessing in the same manner: The ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him who soweth seed." - Dodd.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 26:1-13

This chapter contains a general enforcement of all the laws given by Moses; by promises of reward in case of obedience, on the one hand; and threatenings of punishment for disobedience, on the other. While Israel maintained a national regard to God's worship, sabbaths, and sanctuary, and did not turn aside to idolatry, the Lord engaged to continue to them temporal mercies and religious advantages. These great and…

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Leviticus 26:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהִשִּׂ֨יגve.hi.Sigand it will reachH5381
לָכֶ֥םla.Khemof you
דַּ֙יִשׁ֙da.yishthreshingH1786
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בָּצִ֔ירba.Tzirgrape harvestH1210
וּבָצִ֖ירu.va.Tzirand grape harvestH1210
יַשִּׂ֣יגya.Sigit will reachH5381
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
זָ֑רַעZa.ra'seedH2233
וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֤םva.'a.khal.Temand you will eatH398
לַחְמְכֶם֙lach.me.Khembread yourH3899
לָשֹׂ֔בַעla.Soa'to abundanceH7648
וִֽישַׁבְתֶּ֥םvi.shav.Temand you will dwellH3427
לָבֶ֖טַחla.Ve.tachto securityH983
בְּאַרְצְכֶֽם\׃be.'ar.tze.Khemin land yourH776

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Cross references for Leviticus 26:5

  • Amos 9:13

    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

  • Joel 2:26

    And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.

  • Joel 2:19

    Yea, the Lord will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:

  • Leviticus 25:18-19

    Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.

  • Deuteronomy 11:15

    And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.

  • Ezekiel 34:25-28

    And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing. And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them. And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.

  • 1 Timothy 6:17

    Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

  • Psalms 91:1-14

    He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. …

  • Proverbs 1:33

    But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

  • Matthew 9:37-38

    Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

  • Proverbs 18:10

    The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

  • Matthew 23:37

    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
threshing.
Am 9:13; Mt 9:37,38; Joh 4:35,36
eat your.
25:19; Ex 16:8; De 11:15; Joe 2:19,26; Ac 14:17; 1Ti 6:17
dwell.
25:18; Job 11:18,19; Ps 46:1-7; 90:1; 91:1-14; Pr 1:33; 18:10
Jer 23:6; Eze 34:25-28; Mt 23:37; 1Pe 1:5

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Context

  • Leviticus 26:4

    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.

  • Leviticus 26:5

    And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

  • Leviticus 26:6

    And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

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Leviticus 26:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y la trilla os alcanzará á la vendimia, y la vendimia alcanzará á la sementera, y comeréis vuestro pan en hartura, y habitaréis seguros en vuestra tierra:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Le temps du foulage atteindra pour vous la vendange, et la vendange atteindra les semailles; et vous mangerez votre pain à rassasiement, et vous habiterez en sécurité dans votre pays.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und die Dreschzeit wird bei euch reichen bis an die Weinlese, und die Weinlese wird reichen bis an die Saatzeit; und ihr werdet euer Brot essen bis zur Sättigung und werdet sicher in eurem Lande wohnen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Apprehendet messium tritura vindemiam, et vindemia occupabit sementem: et comedetis panem vestrum in saturitate, et absque pavore habitabitis in terra vestra.