Leviticus 26:9

Covenant and promises God's faithfulness

⁷ You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you.

⁸ Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.

I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.

¹⁰ You will still be eating the old supply of grain when you need to clear it out to make room for the new.

¹¹ And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.

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: I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.
KJV: For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
WEB: “‘I will have respect for you, make you fruitful, multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.
ASV: And I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.
DARBY: And I will turn my face towards you and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
BLB: And I will turn to you⁺ and make you fruitful and multiply you⁺, and I will establish My covenant with you⁺.

ÅB: Og jeg vil vende meg til dere og gjøre dere fruktbare og tallrike, - og jeg vil holde min pakt med dere.
OTB: Jeg vil vende meg mot dere og gjøre dere fruktbare og mangfoldige, og jeg vil opprettholde min pakt med dere.
B1930: Og jeg vil vende mig til eder og gjøre eder fruktbare og tallrike, - og jeg vil holde min pakt med eder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Genesis 17:6–7
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
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Nehemiah 9:23
You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.
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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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Ezekiel 16:62
So I will establish My covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD,
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Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
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Genesis 28:3
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
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Psalms 138:6–7
Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
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Deuteronomy 28:11
The LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.
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