Deuteronomy 7:14

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

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The LORD addresses Israel through Moses, promising covenant blessings of multiplication and health as the people prepare to enter the land He swore to their ancestors.

The words — The text uses בָּרוּךְ (ba.Rukh) for "blessed" and עָקָר/עֲקָרָה ('a.Kar/'a.ka.Rah) for "sterile" or "barren," emphasizing complete fertility without lack.

The thread — This promise of universal fertility and freedom from barrenness echoes Exodus 23:26 and Deuteronomy 28:4, 11, where covenant blessings consistently link divine favor with agricultural and reproductive abundance.

Why it lands — The text states that covenant blessing manifests as tangible physical prosperity and health, requiring the reader to accept obedience as the explicit condition for receiving these provisions.

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The Hebrew words

בָּר֥וּךְba.Rukhblessed תִּֽהְיֶ֖הtih.Yehyou will be מִכָּל־mi./kolmore than/ all הָעַמִּ֑יםha./'a.Mimthe/ peoples לֹא־lo'-not יִהְיֶ֥הyih.Yehhe will beבְךָ֛ve./Khaamong <the>/ youעָקָ֥ר'a.Kara sterile [male]וַֽעֲקָרָ֖הva./'a.ka.Rahand/ a barren [female]וּבִבְהֶמְתֶּֽךָ׃u./vi/v.hem.Te./khaand/ among/ livestock/ your

King James Version

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

Cross-references

Exodus 23:26 No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.
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.
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.
Psalms 127:3 Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
Leviticus 26:9 I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.
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.”
Psalms 147:19 He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
Psalms 115:15 May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.