Exodus 23:26

24 You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.

25 So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.

No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.

27 I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.

28 I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.
KJV
There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
WEB
No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.
ASV
There shall none cast her young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
DARBY
There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land; the number of thy days will I fulfil.
BLB
There will be no one miscarrying or barren in your land; the number of your days I will fulfill.
ÅB
det skal ikke være noen kvinne i ditt land som føder i utide eller er ufruktbar; dine dagers tall vil jeg gjøre fullt.
OTB
og ingen skal miste sitt barn eller være ufruktbar i ditt land. Jeg vil gi deg et fullt livsløp.
B1930
det skal ikke være nogen kvinne i ditt land som føder i utide eller er ufruktbar; dine dagers tall vil jeg gjøre fullt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 7:14

    You will be blessed above all peoples; among you there will be no barren man or woman or livestock.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:4

    The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock— the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.

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  • Job 5:26

    You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.

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  • Job 21:10

    Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.

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  • Isaiah 65:20

    No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.

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  • Psalms 107:38

    He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.

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  • Psalms 144:13

    Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields.

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  • Malachi 3:10–11

    Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.

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