Deuteronomy 28:11-14

28:11 The Lord will greatly multiply your children, ¹  the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil in the land which he ²  promised your ancestors ³  he would give you. 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; ⁴  you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any. 28:13 The Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always end up at the top and not at the bottom, if you obey his ⁵  commandments which I am urging ⁶  you today to be careful to do. 28:14 But you must not turn away from all the commandments I am giving ⁷  you today, to either the right or left, nor pursue other gods and worship ⁸  them.

¹ tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “will give you a lot of children.”

² tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 28:8.

³ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 36, 64).

⁴ tn Heb “all the work of your hands.”

⁷ tn Heb “the Lord your God’s.” See note on “he” in 28:8.

⁸ tn Heb “commanding” (so NRSV); NASB “which I charge you today.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “from all the words which I am commanding.”

¹¹ tn Heb “in order to serve.”