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

12“If you listen to these regulations and faithfully obey them, the Lord your God will keep his covenant of unfailing love with you, as he promised with an oath to your ancestors. 13He will love you and bless you, and he will give you many children. He will give fertility to your land and your animals. When you arrive in the land he swore to give your ancestors, you will have large harvests of grain, new wine, and olive oil, and great herds of cattle, sheep, and goats. 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. 15And the Lord will protect you from all sickness. He will not let you suffer from the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but he will inflict them on all your enemies! 16“You must destroy all the nations the Lord your God hands over to you. Show them no mercy, and do not worship their gods, or they will trap 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 33:29How blessed you are, O Israel! Who else is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is your protecting shield and your triumphant sword! Your enemies will cringe before you, and you will stomp on their backs!”
• Psalms 115:15May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
• Psalms 147:19He has revealed his words to Jacob, his decrees and regulations to Israel.
• Deuteronomy 28:4Your children and your crops will be blessed. The offspring of your herds and flocks will be blessed.
• Exodus 23:26There will be no miscarriages or infertility in your land, and I will give you long, full lives.
• Leviticus 26:9“I will look favorably upon you, making you fertile and multiplying your people. And I will fulfill my covenant with you.
• Psalms 127:3Children are a gift 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