Deuteronomy - 7:14



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

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Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 7:14.

Differing Translations

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Blessed shalt thou be among all people. No one shall be barren among you of either sex, neither of men nor cattle.
Thou shalt be blessed above all the peoples; there shall not be male or female barren with thee, or with thy cattle;
Blessed art thou above all the peoples, there is not in thee a barren man or a barren woman, nor among your cattle;
You will have greater blessings than any other people: no male or female among you or among your cattle will be without offspring.
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.
Benedictus eris prae cunctis populis: non erit in te infoecundus, neque infoecunda, neque in jumentis tuis.

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Historical Commentaries

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Thou shalt be blessed above all people,.... Even with temporal blessings, besides those of a religious kind; they having the oracles of God, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises, Romans 3:1,
there shall not be male or female barren among you; which to be was reckoned a reproach, and the contrary a blessing, Luke 1:25 Psalm 128:3.
or among your cattle; the Targum of Jonathan is, nor thy beasts barren of wool, and milk, and lambs.

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