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.
• 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.
• 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

12If you pay attention to these laws and are careful to follow them, then the Lord your God will keep his covenant of love with you, as he swore to your ancestors. 13He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land—your grain, new wine and olive oil—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you. 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. 15The Lord will keep you free from every disease. He will not inflict on you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but he will inflict them on all who hate you. 16You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God gives over to you. Do not look on them with pity and do not serve their gods, for that will 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 33:29Blessed are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. Your enemies will cower before you, and you will tread on their heights.”
• Psalms 115:15May you be blessed by the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
• Psalms 147:19He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.
• Deuteronomy 28:4The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
• Exodus 23:26and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
• Leviticus 26:9“ ‘I will look on you with favor and make you fruitful and increase your numbers, and I will keep my covenant with you.
• Psalms 127:3Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring 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