Deuteronomy 7:14
New International Version
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.

New Living Translation
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.

English Standard Version
You shall be blessed above all peoples. There shall not be male or female barren among you or among your livestock.

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

King James Bible
Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

New King James Version
You shall be blessed above all peoples; there shall not be a male or female barren among you or among your livestock.

New American Standard Bible
You shall be blessed above all peoples; there will be no sterile male or infertile female among you or among your cattle.

NASB 1995
“You shall be blessed above all peoples; there will be no male or female barren among you or among your cattle.

NASB 1977
“You shall be blessed above all peoples; there shall be no male or female barren among you or among your cattle.

Legacy Standard Bible
You shall be blessed above all peoples; there will be no male or female barren among you or among your cattle.

Amplified Bible
You shall be blessed above all peoples; there will be no male or female barren (childless, infertile) among you or among your cattle.

Christian Standard Bible
You will be blessed above all peoples; there will be no infertile male or female among you or your livestock.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You will be blessed above all peoples; there will be no infertile male or female among you or your livestock.

American Standard Version
Thou shalt be blessed above all peoples: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

Contemporary English Version
God will bless you more than any other nation--your families will grow and your livestock increase.

English Revised Version
Thou shalt be blessed above all peoples: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You will be blessed more than any other people. Your men and women will be able to have children, and your animals will be able to have offspring.

Good News Translation
No people in the world will be as richly blessed as you. None of you nor any of your livestock will be sterile.

International Standard Version
You'll be blessed among all the nations. There'll be no infertility among you, not even among your herds.

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

NET Bible
You will be blessed beyond all peoples; there will be no barrenness among you or your livestock.

New Heart English Bible
You shall be blessed above all peoples: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your livestock.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

World English Bible
You will be blessed above all peoples. There won’t be male or female barren among you, or among your livestock.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Blessed are you above all the peoples; there is not a barren man or a barren woman in you—nor among your livestock;

Young's Literal Translation
'Blessed art thou above all the peoples, there is not in thee a barren man or a barren woman -- nor among your cattle;

Smith's Literal Translation
Thou shalt be blessed above all peoples: there shall not be in thee barren male and female, and in thy cattle.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Blessed shalt thou be among all people. No one shall be barren among you of either sex, neither of men nor cattle.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Blessed shall you be among all peoples. No one will be barren among you of either gender, as much among men as among your herds.

New American Bible
You will be blessed above all peoples; no man or woman among you shall be childless nor shall your livestock be barren.

New Revised Standard Version
You shall be the most blessed of peoples, with neither sterility nor barrenness among you or your livestock.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
You shall be blessed above all peoples; there shall not be male or female barren among you or among your cattle.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
You will be most blessed of all nations; there shall not be a sterile male or barren female among you, neither among your animals.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou shalt be blessed above all peoples; there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thou shalt be blessed beyond all nations; there shall not be among you an impotent or barren one, or among thy cattle.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Promises of God
13He 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. 14You will be blessed above all peoples; among you there will be no barren man or woman or livestock. 15And 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.…

Cross References
Exodus 23:25-26
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.

Leviticus 26:9
I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.

Genesis 17:6
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

Genesis 26:4
I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,

Genesis 28:14
Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

Psalm 115:14
May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children.

Psalm 127:3-5
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. / Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth. / Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.

Psalm 128:3-4
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table. / In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD.

Isaiah 60:22
The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will accomplish it quickly.

Malachi 3:10-12
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. / I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts. / “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

Luke 1:42
In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

John 10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.

2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.


Treasury of Scripture

You shall be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

blessed

Deuteronomy 33:29
Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

Psalm 115:15
Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.

Psalm 147:19,20
He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel…

male or

Deuteronomy 28:4,11
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep…

Exodus 23:26
There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

Leviticus 26:9
For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

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5. for fear of idolatry,
6. for the holiness of the people,
9. for the nature of God in his mercy and justice,
17. and for the assuredness of victory which God will give over them.














You will be blessed above all peoples
This phrase is a powerful declaration of God's favor upon Israel. The Hebrew word for "blessed" is "בָּרוּךְ" (baruch), which conveys a sense of being endowed with divine favor and prosperity. Historically, this promise is rooted in the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where obedience to God's commandments would result in blessings. The phrase "above all peoples" underscores the unique status of Israel as God's chosen people, set apart for His purposes. This is not just a promise of material prosperity but also a spiritual elevation, reflecting God's desire for Israel to be a light to the nations.

among you there will be no barren man or woman
The Hebrew word for "barren" is "עָקָר" (aqar), which means unable to produce offspring. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, barrenness was often seen as a curse or a sign of divine displeasure. However, God's promise here is one of fruitfulness and life. This assurance of fertility is significant in a historical context where lineage and inheritance were crucial. It reflects God's blessing on the family unit and the continuation of His covenant through generations. Spiritually, it symbolizes the fruitfulness of a life lived in obedience to God, producing spiritual offspring and blessings.

or livestock
The inclusion of livestock in this promise highlights the comprehensive nature of God's blessing. Livestock was a primary measure of wealth and economic stability in ancient agrarian societies. The Hebrew word for livestock is "מִקְנֶה" (miqneh), which refers to possessions or property, particularly animals. This promise indicates that God's blessing extends to all aspects of life, ensuring not only personal and familial prosperity but also economic abundance. It reflects God's provision and care for His people, ensuring that their needs are met and that they can thrive in the land He has given them.

(14) All people.--Literally, all the peoples: i.e., all other states and communities.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You will be
תִּֽהְיֶ֖ה (tih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

blessed
בָּר֥וּךְ (bā·rūḵ)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

above all
מִכָּל־ (mik·kāl)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

peoples;
הָעַמִּ֑ים (hā·‘am·mîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

among you
בְךָ֛ (ḇə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

there will be
יִהְיֶ֥ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

no
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

barren man
עָקָ֥ר (‘ā·qār)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6135: Sterile

or woman
וַֽעֲקָרָ֖ה (wa·‘ă·qā·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 6135: Sterile

or livestock.
וּבִבְהֶמְתֶּֽךָ׃ (ū·ḇiḇ·hem·te·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal


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