Deuteronomy 7:14 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 7:12 `And it hath been, because ye hear these judgments, and have kept, and done them, that Jehovah thy God hath kept to thee the covenant and the kindness which He hath sworn to thy fathers,

Deuteronomy 7:13 and hath loved thee, and blessed thee, and multiplied thee, and hath blessed the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, thy corn, and thy new wine, and thine oil, the increase of thine oxen, and the wealth of thy flock, on the ground which He hath sworn to thy fathers to give to thee.

Deuteronomy 7:14 `Blessed art thou above all the peoples, there is not in thee a barren man or a barren woman--nor among your cattle;

Deuteronomy 7:15 and Jehovah hath turned aside from thee every sickness, and none of the evil diseases of Egypt (which thou hast known) doth He put on thee, and He hath put them on all hating thee.

Deuteronomy 7:16 `And thou hast consumed all the peoples whom Jehovah thy God is giving to thee; thine eye hath no pity on them, and thou dost not serve their gods, for a snare it <FI>is<Fi> to thee.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "blessed", "thou", "above", "peoples", "thee", "barren", and "woman--nor". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "blessed" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "and hath loved thee and blessed thee..." into verse 15's "and Jehovah hath turned aside from thee...", so "blessed" and "thou" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "blessed" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.