Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall be blessed above all peoples. There shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your livestock.
- BSB You will be blessed above all peoples; among you there will be no barren man or woman or livestock.
- NKJV You shall be blessed above all peoples; there shall not be a male or female barren among you or among your livestock.
- NASB You shall be blessed above all peoples; there will be no sterile male or infertile female among you or among your cattle.
- NLT 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.
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Quick answer
Israel will be blessed above all peoples, with no barrenness among them or their livestock. Fruitfulness marks God's favor on his obedient people.
Overview
The promise of fertility reverses the curse of barrenness, signifying God's abundant blessing. In an agrarian world, such fruitfulness meant survival and flourishing. These blessings anticipate the spiritual fruitfulness of God's people in Christ, who makes them fruitful for his kingdom.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Exod 23:26–33There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
- Deut 28:4Blessed 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.
- Ps 127:3Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
- Deut 28:11And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
- Lev 26:9For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
- Deut 33:29Happy 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.
- Ps 147:19–20He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
- Ps 115:15Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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