Deuteronomy 7:14

Deuteronomy 7:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
• New International Version (NIV)You will be blessed more than any other people; none of your men or women will be childless, nor will any of your livestock be without young.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall be blessed above all peoples. There shall not be male or female barren among you or among your livestock.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall be blessed above all peoples; there shall not be a male or female barren among you or among your livestock.

Context of Deuteronomy 7:14

12Listen to these rules and be careful to obey them. If you do that, the Lord your God will be faithful to the covenant that he has made with you. He promised your ancestors that he would do this. 13He will love you and he will bless you. He will give you many children so that you become a large nation. He will cause your fields to give you plenty of food: grain, wine and olive oil. He will cause your cows, sheep and goats to have many babies. That is how he will bless you in the land that he promised your ancestors to give you. God will bless you more than any other people on the earth. All your people and all your animals will have children of their own. 15The Lord will keep you safe from all kinds of disease. He will not give you any of the terrible diseases that you saw in Egypt. Instead, he will cause those diseases to hurt the people who hate you. 16You must remove the people of every nation that the Lord your God will put under your power. Do not be kind to them. Do not worship their gods. If you do that, they will make you turn away from God.

Deuteronomy 7:14 word by word

בָּר֥וּךְ תִּֽהְיֶ֖ה מִכָּל־הָעַמִּ֑ים לֹא־יִהְיֶ֥ה בְךָ֛ עָקָ֥ר וַֽעֲקָרָ֖ה וּבִבְהֶמְתֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt be blessedבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288
• above all peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• there shall not be maleעָקָר‛âqâr · barrenH6135
• among you, or among your cattleבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 7:14

• Deuteronomy 33:29Israelites, how happy you are! There is no other nation like you. The Lord himself has rescued you. He is the one who keeps you safe, like a soldier's shield. He is like a sword that you use to win against your enemies. Your enemies will fall down with fear in front of you. You will walk all over them.’
• Psalms 115:15I pray that the Lord will bless you all. He is the one who made the whole universe.
• Psalms 147:19He sends his message to Jacob's descendants. He gives his rules and laws to Israel's people.
• Deuteronomy 28:4God will bless your children and the crops that you grow. Your cows and your sheep will have many babies.
• Exodus 23:26Your women will safely give birth to babies. They will all be able to have children. Everyone will live a long life.
• Leviticus 26:9I will do good things for your people and I will give many children to them. Their number will grow. I will do everything that I have promised to do for them.
• Psalms 127:3Children are a gift from the Lord. He blesses us with descendants.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 7:14

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-26Verses 12-26 We are in danger of having fellowship with the works of darkness if we take pleasure in fellowship with those who do such works. Whatever brings us into a snare, brings us under a curse. Let us be constant to our duty, and we cannot question the constancy of God's mercy. Diseases are God's servants; they go where he sends them, and do what he bids them. It is therefore good for the health of our bodies, thoroughly to mortify the sin of our…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-26Before Israel could occupy the promised land, they had to remove the people already living there (compare Genesis 13:14–17; 15:18–21). The land belonged to the Lord, and only God could decide who should live there.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-2611-26. Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day--In the covenant into which God entered with Israel, He promised to bestow upon them a variety of blessings so long as they continued obedient to Him as their heavenly King. He pledged His veracity that His infinite perfections would be exerted for this purpose, as well as for delivering them from every evil to which, as a people, they…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 7:14

• Blessing
• Children
• Contingencies

In the dictionaries

• Herd
• Idolatry
• Redeem
• Terrible
• Barren; Barrenness
• Children

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings