The Meaning of Deuteronomy 7:14 Explained

Deuteronomy 7:14

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

YLT: Blessed art thou above all the peoples, there is not in thee a barren man or a barren woman -- nor among your cattle;

Darby: Thou shalt be blessed above all the peoples; there shall not be male or female barren with thee, or with thy cattle;

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Deuteronomy 7:14 Mean?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 7:12-26 - What The Lord Does For His People
The promises to obedience are enlarged upon with touching copiousness. Love, blessing, keeping, peace, multiplication, fruit and health lie along the narrow pathway entered by the strait gate of the Cross. However forbidding its entrance, it "leadeth unto life." May Christ secure in us this obedience which He, too, demands and achieves by His Spirit! John 14:15.
Whatever be the strength of the Amalekites and Hittites of the heart, let us not fear. We have been "reconciled by His death" and shall be "saved by His life," Romans 5:10. "Little by little" is the law of progressive sanctification. The Holy Spirit shows us the next portion to be taken and the enemies that resist our prayers. But as we advance, they are driven out, Isaiah 54:17.
We resemble what we admire. Let us set our affections above. To abhor the evil and pursue the good casts a glory on our face. Compare Deuteronomy 7:26; Psalms 115:8; 2 Corinthians 3:18. [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 7

1  All communion with the nations is forbidden
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

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 7:14 mean?

Blessed You shall be above all peoples not there shall be among you a [male] or [female] barren or among your livestock
בָּר֥וּךְ תִּֽהְיֶ֖ה מִכָּל־ הָעַמִּ֑ים לֹא־ יִהְיֶ֥ה בְךָ֛ עָקָ֥ר וַֽעֲקָרָ֖ה וּבִבְהֶמְתֶּֽךָ

בָּר֥וּךְ  Blessed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: בָּרַךְ 
Sense: to bless, kneel.
תִּֽהְיֶ֖ה  You  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
מִכָּל־  above  all 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הָעַמִּ֑ים  peoples 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
יִהְיֶ֥ה  there  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בְךָ֛  among  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
עָקָ֥ר  a  [male] 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: עָקָר  
Sense: barren, sterile.
וַֽעֲקָרָ֖ה  or  [female]  barren 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: עָקָר  
Sense: barren, sterile.
וּבִבְהֶמְתֶּֽךָ  or  among  your  livestock 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: בְּהֵמָה  
Sense: beast, cattle, animal.