Deuteronomy 11:14

11:14 then he promises, ¹  “I will send rain for your land ²  in its season, the autumn and the spring rains, ³  so that you may gather in your grain, new wine, and olive oil.

Deuteronomy 32:2

32:2 My teaching will drop like the rain,

my sayings will drip like the dew, ⁴ 

as rain drops upon the grass,

and showers upon new growth.

Deuteronomy 28:24

28:24 The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust; it will come down on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

Deuteronomy 11:11

11:11 Instead, the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy ⁵  is one of hills and valleys, a land that drinks in water from the rains, ⁶ 

Deuteronomy 28:12

28:12 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; ⁷  you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.

Deuteronomy 11:17

11:17 Then the anger of the Lord will erupt ⁸  against you and he will close up the sky ⁹  so that it does not rain. The land will not yield its produce, and you will soon be removed ¹⁰  from the good land that the Lord ¹¹  is about to give you.

Deuteronomy 32:23

32:23 I will increase their ¹²  disasters,

I will use up my arrows on them.

Deuteronomy 33:28

33:28 Israel lives in safety,

the fountain of Jacob is quite secure, ¹³ 

in a land of grain and new wine;

indeed, its heavens ¹⁴  rain down dew. ¹⁵ 

Deuteronomy 28:22

28:22 He ¹⁶  will afflict you with weakness, ¹⁷  fever, inflammation, infection, ¹⁸  sword, ¹⁹  blight, and mildew; these will attack you until you perish.

Deuteronomy 33:13

Blessing on Joseph

33:13 Of Joseph he said:

May the Lord bless his land

with the harvest produced by the sky, ²⁰  by the dew,

and by the depths crouching beneath;

¹ tn The words “he promises” do not appear in the Hebrew text but are needed in the translation to facilitate the transition from the condition (v. 13) to the promise and make it clear that the Lord is speaking the words of vv. 14-15.

² tn Heb “the rain of your land.” In this case the genitive (modifying term) indicates the recipient of the rain.

³ sn The autumn and the spring rains. The “former” (יוֹרֶה, yoreh) and “latter” (מַלְקוֹשׁ, malqosh) rains come in abundance respectively in September/October and March/April. Planting of most crops takes place before the former rains fall and the harvests follow the latter rains.

⁴ tn Or “mist,” “light drizzle.” In some contexts the term appears to refer to light rain, rather than dew.

⁷ tn Heb “which you are crossing over there to possess it.”

⁸ tn Heb “rain of heaven.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “all the work of your hands.”

¹³ tn Heb “will become hot”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “will be kindled”; NAB “will flare up”; NIV, NLT “will burn.”

¹⁴ tn Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

¹⁵ tn Or “be destroyed”; NAB, NIV “will soon perish.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 11:4.

¹⁶ tn Heb “upon them.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “all alone.” The idea is that such vital resources as water will some day no longer need protection because God will provide security.

²⁰ tn Or “skies.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

²¹ tn Or perhaps “drizzle, showers.” See note at Deut 32:2.

²² tn Heb “The Lord.” See note on “he” in 28:8.

²³ tn Or perhaps “consumption” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV). The term is from a verbal root that indicates a weakening of one’s physical strength (cf. NAB “wasting”; NIV, NLT “wasting disease”).

²⁴ tn Heb “hot fever”; NIV “scorching heat.”

²⁵ tn Or “drought” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT).

²⁵ tn Heb “from the harvest of the heavens.” The referent appears to be good crops produced by the rain that falls from the sky.