Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 11:15
And I will provide grass in the fields for your livestock, and you will eat and be satisfied.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites on the plains of Moab, recounting God’s covenant terms before they cross into Canaan. He places agricultural provision directly within the framework of national obedience.
The words — The verb נָתַתִּי (na.tat.ti) means "I will give," and עֵשֶׂב (e.sev) translates literally as "grass." These terms ground the promise in seasonal, material provision rather than abstract favor.
The thread — This linkage of animal fodder and human satisfaction appears in Psalms 104:14 and Joel 2:19, where grass and crops guarantee fullness. Deuteronomy 6:11 similarly ties inherited wells and full houses to covenant faithfulness.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to treat physical sustenance as a conditional gift dependent on covenant obedience. It demands that daily provision be recognized as granted rather than earned.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 6:11 with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,
- Psalms 104:14 He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
- Joel 2:19 And the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.
- Malachi 3:10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
- Joel 2:22 Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.
- Deuteronomy 8:10 When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.
- Joel 1:18 How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
- Haggai 1:6 You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”
- 1 Kings 18:5 Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
- Jeremiah 14:5 Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.