en_tn_lite_do_not_use/deu/28/11.md

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General Information:

Moses speaks to the Israelites as if they were one man, so the words "you" and "your" here are singular. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you)

in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your cattle, in the fruit of your ground

This is an idiom. See how you translated these words in Deuteronomy 28:4. AT: "with children, animals, and crops" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

his storehouse of the heavens

Moses speaks of the clouds from which the rain falls as if they were a building where he stores the rain. AT: "the clouds" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

at the right time

"when the crops need it"

all the work of your hand

The word "hand" is a synecdoche for the whole person. AT: "all the work that you do" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)