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I will give you a full life span.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/23.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />There will be no miscarriages or infertility in your land, and I will give you long, full lives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />None shall miscarry or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />There will be no one miscarrying or unable to have children in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220There shall be no one miscarrying or barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“There shall be no one miscarrying or barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />There shall be no one miscarrying or barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />No woman will miscarry or be childless in your land. I will give you the full number of your days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />No woman will miscarry or be childless in your land. I will give you the full number of your days.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />There shall none cast her young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Your women will give birth to healthy children, and everyone will live a long life. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />There shall none cast her young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfill.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />No woman in your land will miscarry or be unable to have children. I will let you live a normal life span.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />In your land no woman will have a miscarriage or be without children. I will give you long lives. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />No woman will miscarry or be barren in your land, and I'll make every day of your life complete. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />No woman will miscarry her young or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: I will complete the number of thy days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />there is not a miscarrying and barren one in your land; I fulfill the number of your days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> there is not a miscarrying and barren one in thy land; the number of thy days I fulfil:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And there shall not be bereaving of children or barren upon thy land: the number of thy days I will fill up.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />There shall not be one fruitless nor barren in thy land: I will fill the number of thy days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />There will not be fruitless or barren ones in your land. I will fill up the number of your days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />no woman in your land will be barren or miscarry; and I will give you a full span of life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />No one shall miscarry or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />There shall nothing cast their young nor be barren in your land; the number of your days I will fulfil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And there will be no one sterile and no one barren in your land, and I shall fulfill the number of your days.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />None shall miscarry, nor be barren, in thy land; the number of thy days I will fulfil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />There shall not be on thy land one that is impotent or barren. I will surely fulfil the number of thy days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/23-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=5959" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/23.htm">God's Angel to Lead</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">No</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bə·’ar·ṣe·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">woman in your land</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: ṯih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7921.htm" title="7921: mə·šak·kê·lāh (V-Piel-Prtcpl-fs) -- To be bereaved. A primitive root; properly, to miscarry, i.e. Suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave.">will miscarry</a> <a href="/hebrew/6135.htm" title="6135: wa·‘ă·qā·rāh (Conj-w:: Adj-fs) -- Barren. From aqar; sterile.">or be barren;</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: ’ă·mal·lê (V-Piel-Imperf-1cs) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">I will fulfill</a> <a href="/hebrew/4557.htm" title="4557: mis·par (N-msc) -- Number, tally. From caphar; a number, definite or indefinite; also narration.">the number</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·me·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">of your days.</a> </span><span class="reftext">27</span>I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-14.htm">Deuteronomy 7:14</a></span><br />You will be blessed above all peoples; among you there will be no barren man or woman or livestock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-4.htm">Deuteronomy 28:4</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-11.htm">Deuteronomy 28:11</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-9.htm">Leviticus 26:9</a></span><br />I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/113-9.htm">Psalm 113:9</a></span><br />He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/17-6.htm">Genesis 17:6</a></span><br />I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17</a></span><br />I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/49-25.htm">Genesis 49:25</a></span><br />by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/21-10.htm">Job 21:10</a></span><br />Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/65-23.htm">Isaiah 65:23</a></span><br />They will not labor in vain or bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD—they and their descendants with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Malachi 3:10-11</a></span><br />Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure. / I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/1-27.htm">1 Samuel 1:27</a></span><br />I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/4-20.htm">1 Kings 4:20</a></span><br />The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-16.htm">2 Kings 4:16-17</a></span><br />And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.” / But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-27.htm">Jeremiah 31:27</a></span><br />“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in your land: the number of your days I will fulfill.</p><p class="hdg">shall nothing</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/7-14.htm">Deuteronomy 7:14</a></b></br> Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-4.htm">Deuteronomy 28:4</a></b></br> Blessed <i>shall be</i> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/21-10.htm">Job 21:10</a></b></br> Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.</p><p class="hdg">the number</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/25-8.htm">Genesis 25:8</a></b></br> Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full <i>of years</i>; and was gathered to his people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/35-29.htm">Genesis 35:29</a></b></br> And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, <i>being</i> old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/23-1.htm">1 Chronicles 23:1</a></b></br> So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/22-31.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/genesis/29-31.htm">Barren</a> <a href="/exodus/21-22.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/exodus/22-31.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/exodus/22-20.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/exodus/5-13.htm">Fulfil</a> <a href="/exodus/5-13.htm">Fulfill</a> <a href="/exodus/22-14.htm">Full</a> <a href="/exodus/21-23.htm">Life</a> <a href="/exodus/16-18.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/malachi/3-11.htm">Miscarry</a> <a href="/hosea/9-14.htm">Miscarrying</a> <a href="/acts/17-26.htm">Span</a> <a href="/exodus/23-19.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/23-29.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/numbers/13-20.htm">Barren</a> <a href="/exodus/28-10.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/exodus/23-28.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/exodus/25-36.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/numbers/15-8.htm">Fulfil</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-21.htm">Fulfill</a> <a href="/exodus/28-3.htm">Full</a> <a href="/exodus/30-12.htm">Life</a> <a href="/exodus/26-2.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/job/21-10.htm">Miscarry</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-21.htm">Miscarrying</a> <a href="/exodus/28-16.htm">Span</a> <a href="/exodus/24-5.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 23</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/23-1.htm">Of slander, false witness, and partiality</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/23-4.htm">Of charitableness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/23-6.htm">Of justice in judgment</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/23-8.htm">Of taking bribes</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/23-9.htm">Of oppressing a stranger</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/23-10.htm">Of the year of rest</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/23-12.htm">Of the Sabbath</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/23-13.htm">Of idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/23-14.htm">Of the three feasts</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/23-18.htm">Of the blood and the fat of the sacrifice</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/23-20.htm">An angel is promised, with a blessing, if they obey him</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the ancient Near Eastern context, fertility was a sign of divine favor and blessing. Barrenness was often seen as a curse or a sign of disfavor. The promise of no miscarriages or barrenness indicates God's provision and care for His people, ensuring the continuation and growth of the Israelite nation. This assurance of fertility can be seen as a reversal of the curse of barrenness experienced by several key biblical figures, such as Sarah, Rebekah, and Rachel, whose eventual pregnancies were seen as miraculous interventions by God. This promise also underscores the importance of family and lineage in Israelite society, where children were considered a heritage from the Lord (<a href="/psalms/127-3.htm">Psalm 127:3</a>).<p><b>I will fulfill the number of your days.</b><br>This phrase suggests a promise of longevity and a full life span, which is contingent upon obedience to God's laws. In the biblical context, a long life was often associated with righteousness and divine blessing (<a href="/proverbs/3.htm">Proverbs 3:1-2</a>). The idea of God fulfilling the number of one's days implies that He is sovereign over life and death, and that He has a predetermined plan for each individual's life. This promise can be seen as a reassurance of God's protection and provision, ensuring that His people will live out their appointed time on earth. It also reflects the broader biblical theme of God's faithfulness to His covenant promises, as seen in the lives of the patriarchs and other faithful individuals throughout Scripture.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, to whom the promise in this verse is given. They are on their journey to the Promised Land, receiving laws and promises from God through Moses.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader and prophet who is conveying God's laws and promises to the Israelites. He acts as an intermediary between God and the people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It represents a place of blessing and fulfillment of God's promises.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who makes the promise of fertility and longevity to His people, demonstrating His power and faithfulness.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/covenant.htm">Covenant</a></b><br>The agreement between God and the Israelites, which includes blessings for obedience and faithfulness to His commands.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>God is faithful to His promises. Just as He promised the Israelites fertility and longevity, He remains faithful to His promises to us today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_blessing.htm">Obedience and Blessing</a></b><br>The promises of God often come with conditions of obedience. Reflect on how living in accordance with God's will can lead to blessings in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_timing.htm">Trust in God's Timing</a></b><br>The fulfillment of God's promises may not always align with our timing. Trust in His perfect plan and timing for your life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_fruitfulness.htm">Spiritual Fruitfulness</a></b><br>While the promise in Exodus is physical, consider how God desires spiritual fruitfulness in our lives through the Holy Spirit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/eternal_perspective.htm">Eternal Perspective</a></b><br>The promise of fulfilled days can also point to the eternal life promised through Christ. Live with an eternal perspective, valuing spiritual over temporal.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 23</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_f._f._bruce.htm">Why did Jesus resolutely head to Jerusalem?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_stay_faithful_in_suffering.htm">What does 'I Have Called You Friends' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_a_barren_woman_conceive_miraculously.htm">In Judges 13:2-3, how could a barren woman conceive after one angelic encounter without any natural explanation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_global_methodist_church.htm">What does 'Healing in His Wings' signify?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren.</span>--Abortions, untimely births, and barrenness, when they exceeded a certain average amount, were always reckoned in the ancient world among the signs of God's disfavour, and special expiatory rites were devised for checking them. Conversely, when such misfortunes fell short of the ordinary average, God's favour was presumed. The promises here made confirm man's instinctive feeling.<p><span class= "bld">The number of thy days I will fulfil.</span>--Comp. <a href="/exodus/20-12.htm" title="Honor your father and your mother: that your days may be long on the land which the LORD your God gives you.">Exodus 20:12</a>. Long life is always regarded in Scripture as a blessing. (Comp. <a href="/psalms/55-23.htm" title="But you, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in you.">Psalm 55:23</a>; <a href="/psalms/90-10.htm" title="The days of our years are three score years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.">Psalm 90:10</a>; <a href="/job/5-26.htm" title="You shall come to your grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn comes in in his season.">Job 5:26</a>; <a href="/context/job/42-16.htm" title="After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.">Job 42:16-17</a>; <a href="/1_kings/3-11.htm" title="And God said to him, Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself long life; neither have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies; but have asked for yourself understanding to discern judgment;">1Kings 3:11</a>; <a href="/isaiah/65-20.htm" title="There shall be no more there an infant of days, nor an old man that has not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.">Isaiah 65:20</a>; <a href="/ephesians/6-3.htm" title="That it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.">Ephesians 6:3</a>, &c.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 26.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">There shall nothing out their young, nor be barren in thy land</span>. This blessing could not have followed upon godly living in the way of natural sequence, but only by Divine favor and providential care. It would have rendered them rich in flocks and herds beyond any other nation. <span class="cmt_word">The number of thy days I will fulfil</span>. There shall be no premature deaths. All, both men and women, shall reach the term allotted to man, and die in a good old age, having fulfilled their time. Godly living, persisted in for several generations, might, perhaps, produce this result. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/23-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">No</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">{woman} in your land</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאַרְצֶ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’ar·ṣe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will miscarry</span><br /><span class="heb">מְשַׁכֵּלָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(mə·šak·kê·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7921.htm">Strong's 7921: </a> </span><span class="str2">To miscarry, suffer abortion, to bereave</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or be barren;</span><br /><span class="heb">וַעֲקָרָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(wa·‘ă·qā·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6135.htm">Strong's 6135: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sterile</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will fulfill</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲמַלֵּֽא׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·mal·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fill, be full of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the number</span><br /><span class="heb">מִסְפַּ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(mis·par)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4557.htm">Strong's 4557: </a> </span><span class="str2">A number, definite, indefinite, narration</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of your days.</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמֶ֖יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·me·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/23-26.htm">Exodus 23:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/23-26.htm">Exodus 23:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/23-26.htm">Exodus 23:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/23-26.htm">Exodus 23:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/23-26.htm">Exodus 23:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/23-26.htm">Exodus 23:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/23-26.htm">Exodus 23:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/23-26.htm">Exodus 23:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/23-26.htm">Exodus 23:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/23-26.htm">Exodus 23:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/23-26.htm">OT Law: Exodus 23:26 No one will miscarry or be barren (Exo. 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