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

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Parallel Verses

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.

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,

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,

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:

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.

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,

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,

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

Darby Bible Translation
but the land, whereunto ye are passing over to possess it, is a land of mountains and valleys, which drinketh water of the rain of heaven,

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;

Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:7
For the LORD your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;

Deuteronomy 11:10
For the land, where you go in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from from where you came out, where you sowed your seed, and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs:

Psalm 68:9
You, O God, did send a plentiful rain, whereby you did confirm your inheritance, when it was weary.

Ezekiel 36:4
Therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus said the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

11:8-17 Moses sets before them, for the future, life and death, the blessing and the curse, according as they did or did not keep God's commandment. Sin tends to shorten the days of all men, and to shorten the days of a people's prosperity. God will bless them with an abundance of all good things, if they would love him and serve him. Godliness has the promise of the life that now is; but the favour of God shall put gladness into the heart, more than the increase of corn, and wine, and oil. Revolt from God to idols would certainly be their ruin. Take heed that your hearts be not deceived. All who forsake God to set their affection upon any creature, will find themselves wretchedly deceived, to their own destruction; and this will make it worse, that it was for want of taking heed.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

10-12. For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out—The physical features of Palestine present a striking contrast to those of the land of bondage. A widely extending plain forms the cultivated portion of Egypt, and on the greater part of this low and level country rain never falls. This natural want is supplied by the annual overflow of the Nile, and by artificial means from the same source when the river has receded within its customary channel. Close by the bank the process of irrigation is very simple. The cultivator opens a small sluice on the edge of the square bed in which seed has been sown, making drill after drill; and when a sufficient quantity of water has poured in, he shuts it up with his foot. Where the bank is high, the water is drawn up by hydraulic engines, of which there are three kinds used, of different power, according to the subsidence of the stream. The water is distributed in small channels or earthen conduits, simple in construction, worked by the foot, and formed with a mattock by the gardener who directs their course, and which are banked up or opened, as occasion may require, by pressing in the soil with the foot. Thus was the land watered in which the Israelites had dwelt so long. Such vigilance and laborious industry would not be needed in the promised land. Instead of being visited with moisture only at one brief season and left during the rest of the year under a withering blight, every season it would enjoy the benign influences of a genial climate. The hills would attract the frequent clouds, and in the refreshing showers the blessing of God would especially rest upon the land.