Leviticus 26 · Verse 9

Leviticus 26:9

For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
Leviticus 26:9, King James Version

Leviticus 26:9 in other translations

BSBI will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.
WEB“‘I will have respect for you, make you fruitful, multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.
ASVAnd I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.
YLT‘And I have turned unto you, and have made you fruitful, and have multiplied you, and have established My covenant with you;
DARBYAnd I will turn my face towards you and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
BBEAnd I will have pleasure in you and make you fertile and greater in number; and I will keep my agreement with you.
WebsterFor I will have respect to you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

What does Leviticus 26:9 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 26:1-13

This chapter contains a general enforcement of all the laws given by Moses; by promises of reward in case of obedience, on the one hand; and threatenings of punishment for disobedience, on the other. While Israel maintained a national regard to God's worship, sabbaths, and sanctuary, and did not turn aside to idolatry, the Lord engaged to continue to them temporal mercies and religious advantages. These great and…

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Leviticus 26:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּפָנִ֣יתִיu.fa.Ni.tiand I will turnH6437
אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם'a.lei.Khemto youH413
וְהִפְרֵיתִ֣יve.hif.rei.Tiand I will make fruitfulH6509
אֶתְכֶ֔ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֖יve.hir.bei.Tiand I will multiplyH7235
אֶתְכֶ֑ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
וַהֲקִימֹתִ֥יva.ha.ki.mo.Tiand I will establishH6965
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּרִיתִ֖יbe.ri.Ticovenant myH1285
אִתְּכֶֽם\׃'i.te.Khemwith youH854

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Cross references for Leviticus 26:9

  • Genesis 17:6-7

    And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

  • Nehemiah 9:23

    Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

  • Psalms 107:38

    He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

  • Ezekiel 16:62

    And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord:

  • Isaiah 55:3

    Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

  • Genesis 28:3

    And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

  • Psalms 138:6-7

    Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off. Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

  • Deuteronomy 28:11

    And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

  • Jeremiah 33:3

    Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

  • Exodus 2:25

    And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.

  • Psalms 89:3

    I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

  • Genesis 26:4

    And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
for I.
Ex 2:25; 2Ki 13:23; Ne 2:20; Ps 89:3; 138:6,7; Jer 33:3; Heb 8:9
make you.
Ge 17:6,7,20; 26:4; 28:3,14; Ex 1:7; De 28:4,11; Ne 9:23; Ps 107:38
establish.
Ge 6:18; 17:7; Ex 6:4; Isa 55:3; Eze 16:62; Lu 1:72

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Context

  • Leviticus 26:8

    And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

  • Leviticus 26:9

    For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

  • Leviticus 26:10

    And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

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Leviticus 26:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque yo me volveré á vosotros, y os haré crecer, y os multiplicaré, y afirmaré mi pacto con vosotros:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je me tournerai vers vous, et je vous ferai fructifier, et je vous multiplierai, et je mettrai à effet mon alliance avec vous.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich werde mich zu euch wenden und euch fruchtbar machen und euch mehren und meinen Bund mit euch aufrechthalten;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Respiciam vos, et crescere faciam: multiplicabimini, et firmabo pactum meum vobiscum.