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

12If you listen to these rules and faithfully obey them, the Lord your God will keep his promise to you and be merciful to you, as he swore to your ancestors. 13He will love you, bless you, and increase the number of your descendants. He will bless you with children. He will bless your land with produce: grain, new wine, and olive oil. He will bless your herds with calves, and your flocks with lambs and kids. This will all happen in the land the Lord will give you, as he swore to your ancestors. You will be blessed more than any other people. Your men and women will be able to have children, and your animals will be able to have offspring. 15The Lord will keep you from having any kind of illness. He will not strike you with any of the terrible diseases you experienced in Egypt. Instead, he will strike all those who hate you. 16You must destroy all the people the Lord your God hands over to you. Have no pity on them, and never worship their gods, because they will be a trap for 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 33:29You are blessed, Israel! Who is like you, a nation saved by the Lord? He is a shield that helps you and a sword that wins your victories. Your enemies will come crawling to you, and you will stomp on their backs.”
• Psalms 115:15You will be blessed by the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
• Psalms 147:19He speaks his word to Jacob, his laws and judicial decisions to Israel.
• Deuteronomy 28:4You will be blessed. You will have children. Your land will have crops. Your animals will have offspring. Your cattle will have calves, and your flocks will have lambs and kids.
• Exodus 23:26No woman in your land will miscarry or be unable to have children. I will let you live a normal life span.
• Leviticus 26:9and I will be pleased with you. Your families will be large, and I will keep my promise to you.
• Psalms 127:3Children are an inheritance from the Lord. They are a reward from him.

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