Deuteronomy 7:14

12 If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.

13 He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.

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

15 And the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.

16 You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to 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
You will be blessed above all peoples; among you there will be no barren man or woman or livestock.
KJV
Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
WEB
You will be blessed above all peoples. There won’t be male or female barren among you, or among your livestock.
ASV
Thou shalt be blessed above all peoples: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
DARBY
Thou shalt be blessed above all the peoples; there shall not be male or female barren with thee, or with thy cattle;
BLB
Blessed you shall be above all peoples; there shall not be among you a barren man or barren woman—or among your livestock.
ÅB
Velsignet skal du være fremfor alle andre folk; der skal ingen ufruktbar være blant dine menn eller dine kvinner, og heller ikke blant ditt fe.
OTB
Du vil bli velsignet over alle folk; ingen av dine menn eller kvinner vil være barnløse, og heller ikke noen av ditt husdyr vil være uten avkom.
B1930
Velsignet skal du være fremfor alle andre folk; der skal ingen ufruktbar være blandt dine menn eller dine kvinner, og heller ikke blandt ditt fe.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 23:26–33

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

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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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  • 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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  • Psalms 127:3

    Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

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  • Leviticus 26:9

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

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  • Deuteronomy 33:29

    Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”

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  • Psalms 147:19–20

    He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.

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  • Psalms 115:15

    May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

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