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Exodus 23:26

There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

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לֹ֥אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…תִהְיֶ֛הtihyehbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.מְשַׁכֵּלָ֥הmeshakelahbereaveשָׁכֹלverb, piel, participle, absolute — “bereave”, a verb used as a describing wordH7921properly, to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively)bereave (of children), barren, cast calf (fruit, young), be (make) childless, deprive, destroy, [idiom] expect, lose children, miscarry, rob of children, spoil.וַעֲקָרָ֖הvaaqarahand barrenעָקָרconjunction, adjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “and barren”, the ordinary formH6135sterile (as if extirpated in the generative organs)([idiom] male or female) barren (woman).בְּאַרְצֶ֑ךָbeartsekhain earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “in earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).מִסְפַּ֥רmisparnumberמִסְפָּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “number”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4557a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration[phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time.יָמֶ֖יךָyameykhaas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…אֲמַלֵּֽאamalebe at an endמָלֵאverb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be at an end”, an unfinished actionH4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, s…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

None shall miscarry, nor be barren, in thy land; the number of thy days I will fulfil.

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American Standard Version (1901)

There shall none cast her young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

Young’s Literal Translation

there is not a miscarrying and barren one in thy land; the number of thy days I fulfil:

World English Bible

No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.

Darby Translation

There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land; the number of thy days will I fulfil.

Douay-Rheims

There shall not be one fruitless nor barren in thy land: I will fill the number of thy days.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

None shall miscarry, nor be barren, in thy land; the number of thy days I will fulfil.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

There shall not be on thy land one that is impotent or barren. I will surely fulfil the number of thy days.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὐκ ἔσται ἄγονος, οὐδὲ στεῖρα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς σου· τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῶν ἡμερῶν σου ἀναπληρῶν ἀναπληρώσω.