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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)You will be blessed above all the nations of the earth. None of your men or women will be childless, and all your livestock will bear young.

Context of Deuteronomy 7:14

12"And because you listen to these rules and keep and do them, the Lord your God will keep with you the covenant and the steadfast love that he swore to your fathers. 13He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock, in the land that he swore to your fathers to give you. You shall be blessed above all peoples. There shall not be male or female barren among you or among your livestock. 15And the Lord will take away from you all sickness, and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you knew, will he inflict on you, but he will lay them on all who hate you. 16And you shall consume all the peoples that the Lord your God will give over to you. Your eye shall not pity them, neither shall you serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.

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 33:29Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, the shield of your help, and the sword of your triumph! Your enemies shall come fawning to you, and you shall tread upon their backs."
• Psalms 115:15May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth!
• Psalms 147:19He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and rules to Israel.
• Deuteronomy 28:4Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock.
• Exodus 23:26None shall miscarry or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.
• Leviticus 26:9I will turn to you and make you fruitful and multiply you and will confirm my covenant with you.
• Psalms 127:3Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

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