New Living Translation
Exodus 23:26
26There will be no miscarriages or infertility in your land, and I will give you long, full lives.
Exodus 23:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
- New International Version (NIV)and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
- English Standard Version (ESV)None shall miscarry or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.
- New King James Version (NKJV)No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.
Context of Exodus 23:26
24You must not worship the gods of these nations or serve them in any way or imitate their evil practices. Instead, you must utterly destroy them and smash their sacred pillars. 25“You must serve only the Lord your God. If you do, I will bless you with food and water, and I will protect you from illness. There will be no miscarriages or infertility in your land, and I will give you long, full lives. 27“I will send my terror ahead of you and create panic among all the people whose lands you invade. I will make all your enemies turn and run. 28I will send terror ahead of you to drive out the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hittites.
Read all of Exodus 23Exodus 23:26 word by word
לֹ֥א תִהְיֶ֛ה מְשַׁכֵּלָ֥ה וַעֲקָרָ֖ה בְּאַרְצֶ֑ךָ אֶת־מִסְפַּ֥ר יָמֶ֖יךָ אֲמַלֵּֽא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Exodus 23:26
- Deuteronomy 7:14You 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.
- Deuteronomy 28:4Your children and your crops will be blessed. The offspring of your herds and flocks will be blessed.
- Job 21:10Their bulls never fail to breed. Their cows bear calves and never miscarry.
- Psalms 107:38How he blesses them! They raise large families there, and their herds of livestock increase.
- Psalms 144:13May our barns be filled with crops of every kind. May the flocks in our fields multiply by the thousands, even tens of thousands,
- Malachi 3:10Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test!
- Genesis 25:8and he died at a ripe old age, having lived a long and satisfying life. He breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death.
- Genesis 35:29Then he breathed his last and died at a ripe old age, joining his ancestors in death. And his sons, Esau and Jacob, buried him.
- 1 Chronicles 23:1When David was an old man, he appointed his son Solomon to be king over Israel.
- Job 5:26You will go to the grave at a ripe old age, like a sheaf of grain harvested at the proper time!
- Job 42:17Then he died, an old man who had lived a long, full life.
- Psalms 55:23But you, O God, will send the wicked down to the pit of destruction. Murderers and liars will die young, but I am trusting you to save me.
- Psalms 90:10Seventy years are given to us! Some even live to eighty. But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we fly away.
- Isaiah 65:20“No longer will babies die when only a few days old. No longer will adults die before they have lived a full life. No longer will people be considered old at one hundred! Only the cursed will die that young!
Commentaries on Exodus 23:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren - Hence there must be a very great increase both of men and cattle. The number of thy days I will fulfill - Ye shall all live to a good old age, and none die before his time. This is the blessing of the righteous, for wicked men live not out half their days; Psalm 55:23.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-33Verses 20-33 It is here promised that they should be guided and kept in their way through the wilderness to the land of promise, Behold, I send an angel before thee, mine angel. The precept joined with this promise is, that they be obedient to this angel whom God would send before them. Christ is the Angel of Jehovah; this is plainly taught by St. Paul, 1Co 10:9. They should have a comfortable settlement in the land of Canaan. How reasonable are the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26Pagan rites were carried out in an attempt to manipulate the forces of fertility and reproduction. God promised to give these gifts freely if the people would faithfully carry out the terms of their covenant with him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-331. put not thine hand--join not hands.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 23
- 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
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