King James Version
Exodus 23:26 in the King James Version says “There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.”
Exodus 23:26 · KJV
Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. backs: Heb. neck
And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“There shall nothing cast their young”
H7921properly, to miscarry, i.e., suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the number”
H4557a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
“of thy days”
H3117a 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 asso
“I will fulfil”
H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
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