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.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall be blessed above all peoples. There shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your livestock.
- KJV Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
- 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.
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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 23:26–33No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.
- Deut 28:4You shall be blessed in the fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the fruit of your animals, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock.
- Ps 127:3Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
- Deut 28:11Yahweh will grant you abundant prosperity, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give you.
- Lev 26:9“‘I will have respect for you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.
- Deut 33:29You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their high places.”
- Ps 147:19–20He shows his word to Jacob; his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
- Ps 115:15Blessed are you by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
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