Deuteronomy 11:11
New International Version
But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks rain from heaven.

New Living Translation
Rather, the land you will soon take over is a land of hills and valleys with plenty of rain—

English Standard Version
But the land that you are going over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water by the rain from heaven,

Berean Standard Bible
But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven.

King James Bible
But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:

New King James Version
but the land which you cross over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water from the rain of heaven,

New American Standard Bible
But the land into which you are about to cross to possess it, a land of hills and valleys, drinks water from the rain of heaven,

NASB 1995
“But the land into which you are about to cross to possess it, a land of hills and valleys, drinks water from the rain of heaven,

NASB 1977
“But the land into which you are about to cross to possess it, a land of hills and valleys, drinks water from the rain of heaven,

Legacy Standard Bible
But the land into which you are about to cross to possess it, a land of hills and valleys, drinks water from the rain of heaven,

Amplified Bible
But the land into which you are about to cross to possess, a land of hills and valleys, drinks water from the rain of heaven,

Christian Standard Bible
But the land you are entering to possess is a land of mountains and valleys, watered by rain from the sky.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But the land you are entering to possess is a land of mountains and valleys, watered by rain from the sky.

American Standard Version
but the land, whither ye go over to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But the land through which you pass to inherit is a land of mountains and of plains, and drinks water from the rain of Heaven:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
but the land into which thou goest to inherit it, is a land of mountains and plains; it shall drink water of the rain of heaven.

Contemporary English Version
But the hills and valleys in the promised land are watered by rain from heaven,

Douay-Rheims Bible
But it is a land of hills and plains, expecting rain from heaven.

English Revised Version
but the land, whither ye go over to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The land you're about to enter is a land with hills and valleys, watered by rain from the sky.

Good News Translation
but the land that you are about to enter is a land of mountains and valleys, a land watered by rain.

International Standard Version
Instead, the land that you are crossing over to inherit is a land of hills and valleys that drinks water supplied by rain from heaven,

JPS Tanakh 1917
but the land, whither ye go over to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water as the rain of heaven cometh down;

Literal Standard Version
but the land to where you are passing over to possess it [is] a land of hills and valleys—it drinks water of the rain of the heavens—

Majority Standard Bible
But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven.

New American Bible
No, the land into which you are crossing to take possession is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in rain from the heavens,

NET Bible
Instead, the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy is one of hills and valleys, a land that drinks in water from the rains,

New Revised Standard Version
But the land that you are crossing over to occupy is a land of hills and valleys, watered by rain from the sky,

New Heart English Bible
but the land, where you go over to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys which drinks water of the rain of the sky,

Webster's Bible Translation
But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:

World English Bible
but the land that you go over to possess is a land of hills and valleys which drinks water from the rain of the sky,

Young's Literal Translation
but the land whither ye are passing over to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys; of the rain of the heavens it drinketh water;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
God's Great Blessings
10For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden. 11But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven. 12It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:7
For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;

Deuteronomy 11:10
For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden.

Psalm 68:9
You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your weary inheritance.

Ezekiel 36:4
therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.


Treasury of Scripture

But the land, where you go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinks water of the rain of heaven:

Deuteronomy 8:7-9
For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; …

Genesis 27:28
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

Psalm 65:12,13
They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side…

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Deuteronomy 11
1. Another exhortation to obedience
2. by their own experience of God's great works
8. by promise of God's great blessings
16. and by threatenings
18. A careful study is required in God's words
26. The blessing and curse set before them














(11) Drinketh water of the rain of heaven.--Or, as it is prettily expressed by the Jewish commentator, "While thou sleepest on thy bed, the Holy One (blessed be He! ) waters it high and low." (Comp. the parable in St. Mark 4:26-27.)



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
But the land
וְהָאָ֗רֶץ (wə·hā·’ā·reṣ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

you
אַתֶּ֜ם (’at·tem)
Pronoun - second person masculine plural
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

are entering
עֹבְרִ֥ים (‘ō·ḇə·rîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to possess
לְרִשְׁתָּ֔הּ (lə·riš·tāh)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin

is a land
אֶ֥רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of mountains
הָרִ֖ים (hā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

and valleys
וּבְקָעֹ֑ת (ū·ḇə·qā·‘ōṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 1237: A split, a wide level valley between mountains

that drinks in
תִּשְׁתֶּה־ (tiš·teh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 8354: To imbibe

the rain
לִמְטַ֥ר (lim·ṭar)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4306: Rain

from heaven.
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky


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