Leviticus 26:9
New International Version
“’I will look on you with favor and make you fruitful and increase your numbers, and I will keep my covenant with you.

New Living Translation
“I will look favorably upon you, making you fertile and multiplying your people. And I will fulfill my covenant with you.

English Standard Version
I will turn to you and make you fruitful and multiply you and will confirm my covenant with you.

Berean Standard Bible
I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.

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

New King James Version
‘For I will look on you favorably and make you fruitful, multiply you and confirm My covenant with you.

New American Standard Bible
So I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will confirm My covenant with you.

NASB 1995
‘So I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will confirm My covenant with you.

NASB 1977
‘So I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will confirm My covenant with you.

Legacy Standard Bible
So I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will confirm My covenant with you.

Amplified Bible
For I will turn toward you [with favor and regard] and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish and confirm My covenant with you.

Christian Standard Bible
“I will turn to you, make you fruitful and multiply you, and confirm my covenant with you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will turn to you, make you fruitful and multiply you, and confirm My covenant with you.

American Standard Version
And I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.

Contemporary English Version
I will treat you with such kindness that your nation will grow strong, and I will also keep my promises to you.

English Revised Version
And I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you; and will establish my covenant with you.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
and I will be pleased with you. Your families will be large, and I will keep my promise to you.

Good News Translation
I will bless you and give you many children; I will keep my part of the covenant that I made with you.

International Standard Version
"I'll look after you, ensuring that you'll be fruitful. I'll increase your number and keep my covenant with you.

Majority Standard Bible
I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.

NET Bible
I will turn to you, make you fruitful, multiply you, and maintain my covenant with you.

New Heart English Bible
"'I will have respect for you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.

Webster's Bible Translation
For I will have respect to you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

World English Bible
“‘I will have respect for you, make you fruitful, multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And I have turned to you, and have made you fruitful, and have multiplied you, and have established My covenant with you;

Young's Literal Translation
'And I have turned unto you, and have made you fruitful, and have multiplied you, and have established My covenant with you;

Smith's Literal Translation
And I turned to you and I made you fruitful, and I multiplied you, and I set up my covenant with you.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
I will look on you, and make you increase: you shell be multiplied, and I will establish my covenant with you.

Catholic Public Domain Version
I will look with favor upon you, and I will cause you to increase; you will be multiplied, and I will confirm my covenant with you.

New American Bible
I will look with favor upon you, and make you fruitful and numerous, as I carry out my covenant with you.

New Revised Standard Version
I will look with favor upon you and make you fruitful and multiply you; and I will maintain my covenant with you.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
For I will return to you and make you great and multiply you and establish my covenant with you.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And I shall turn to you and I shall multiply you and I shall increase you and I shall confirm my covenant with you.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you; and will establish My covenant with you.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I will look upon you, and increase you, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Blessings of Obedience
8Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you. 9I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you. 10You will still be eating the old supply of grain when you need to clear it out to make room for the new.…

Cross References
Genesis 17:6-8
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you. / I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. / And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”

Exodus 1:7
but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

Deuteronomy 7:13
He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.

Deuteronomy 28:11
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.

Genesis 22:17
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.

Genesis 26:4
I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,

Genesis 28:14
Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

Psalm 115:14
May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children.

Ezekiel 36:11
I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Jeremiah 30:19
Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.

Isaiah 51:2
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.

Hebrews 6:14
saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.”

Galatians 3:16
The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.

Romans 9:8
So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.

Romans 4:13
For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.


Treasury of Scripture

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

for I

Exodus 2:25
And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.

2 Kings 13:23
And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.

Nehemiah 2:20
Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

make you

Genesis 17:6,7,20
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee…

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;

Genesis 28:3,14
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; …

establish

Genesis 6:18
But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

Genesis 17:7
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.

Exodus 6:4
And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

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I will turn toward you
This phrase signifies God's intentional focus and favor upon His people. The Hebrew root for "turn" is "פָּנָה" (panah), which implies a turning of one's face or attention. In the ancient Near Eastern context, the turning of a deity's face toward a person or nation was a sign of blessing and approval. This divine attention is not passive but active, indicating God's readiness to engage with His people, to listen, and to respond to their needs. It is a promise of His presence and a reassurance that they are not forgotten.

and make you fruitful
The concept of fruitfulness is deeply rooted in the Hebrew word "פָּרָה" (parah), which means to bear fruit or to be productive. This promise echoes the original blessing given to Adam and Eve in Genesis 1:28, where God commands humanity to "be fruitful and multiply." In the context of Leviticus, fruitfulness is not only about physical progeny but also about prosperity and success in all endeavors. It is a holistic blessing that encompasses agricultural abundance, familial growth, and spiritual prosperity.

and multiply you
The Hebrew word "רָבָה" (ravah) means to increase or become numerous. This promise of multiplication is a continuation of the Abrahamic covenant, where God promised Abraham that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars in the sky (Genesis 15:5). In a historical context, this multiplication was essential for the survival and strength of the Israelite nation. It ensured that they would grow into a formidable people capable of fulfilling God's purposes on earth.

and I will establish My covenant with you
The word "establish" comes from the Hebrew "קוּם" (qum), meaning to confirm or make firm. A covenant, or "בְּרִית" (berit) in Hebrew, is a solemn agreement or promise. In the biblical context, God's covenants are foundational to His relationship with His people. This particular promise in Leviticus is a reaffirmation of the covenants made with the patriarchs—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It underscores God's faithfulness and His commitment to uphold His promises. The establishment of the covenant is not just a legal or formal act but a relational one, signifying God's unwavering dedication to His people and His desire for them to live in accordance with His will.

(9) For I will have respect unto you.--Better, And I will turn unto you, as it is rendered in the Authorised Version in Ezekiel 46:9, the only other passage where this phrase occurs; that is, be merciful to them and bless them. (Comp. 2Kings 13:23; Psalm 25:16; Psalm 69:17, &c.)

And multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.--That is, by multiplying them as the stars of heaven and the sand of the sea, God fulfil the covenant which He made with their fathers (Genesis 12:2; Genesis 13:16; Genesis 15:5; Genesis 22:17; Exodus 23:26). . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I will turn
וּפָנִ֣יתִי (ū·p̄ā·nî·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look

toward you
אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם (’ă·lê·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

and make you fruitful
וְהִפְרֵיתִ֣י (wə·hip̄·rê·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6509: To bear fruit, be fruitful

and multiply
וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֖י (wə·hir·bê·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

you,
אֶתְכֶ֑ם (’eṯ·ḵem)
Direct object marker | second person masculine plural
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

and I will fulfill
וַהֲקִימֹתִ֥י (wa·hă·qî·mō·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

My covenant
בְּרִיתִ֖י (bə·rî·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1285: A covenant

with you.
אִתְּכֶֽם׃ (’it·tə·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among


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