Leviticus 26:9
in Leviticus 26I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.
KJV
For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
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This verse in Leviticus 26
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThus the promise made to Abraham must be fulfilled, that his seed should be as the dust of the earth; and much more numerous they would have been if they had by their sin cut themselves short. It is promised to the gospel church that it shall be fruitful, John xv. The favour of God, which is the fountain of all good: I will have respect unto you,
This site's exposition
I will turn toward you and make you fruitful
on Leviticus 26:9-10
Fruitful and multiply are the words spoken over creation at Genesis 1:28, and here they land on a nation. Establish my covenant is the language of Genesis 17:7, so the promise attached to obedience is the one already made to Abraham.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"I will look with favor upon you and make you fruitful." Full of blessedness is the man upon whom God looks with favor. Do you want to understand how great is the salvation of a man upon whom the Lord looks [with favor]? Peter had …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
If the eye of our faith be unto God, the eye of his favour will be unto us. More is implied than is expressed in that promise, My soul shall not abhor you (
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-parens
Establish my covenant - That is, actually perform all that I have promised in my covenant made with you.
For I will have respect unto you,....
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּפָנִ֣יתִי | ufaniti | and I will turn | H6437 → | 135 times |
| אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם | ʾaleikhem | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| וְהִפְרֵיתִ֣י | vehifreiti | and I will make fruitful | H6509 → | |
| אֶתְכֶ֔ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֖י | vehirbeiti | and I will multiply | H7235 → | 227 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֑ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וַהֲקִימֹתִ֥י | vahakimoti | and I will establish | H6965 → | 628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּרִיתִ֖י | beriti | covenant my | H1285 → | 284 times |
| אִתְּכֶֽם׃ | ʾitekhem | with you | H854 → | 929 times |
וּפָנִ֣יתִיand I will turn
ufanitiH6437 →135 times
אֲלֵיכֶ֔םto you
ʾaleikhemH413 →5510 times
וְהִפְרֵיתִ֣יand I will make fruitful
vehifreitiH6509 →
אֶתְכֶ֔ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֖יand I will multiply
vehirbeitiH7235 →227 times
אֶתְכֶ֑ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
וַהֲקִימֹתִ֥יand I will establish
vahakimotiH6965 →628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בְּרִיתִ֖יcovenant my
beritiH1285 →284 times
אִתְּכֶֽם׃with you
ʾitekhemH854 →929 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 32:40
I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away…
- Proverbs 4:20
My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
- Matthew 11:28
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- John 10:27
My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
- Acts 13:34
In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
- Jeremiah 32:40
Through
Psalms 107:38He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
it leads to
- 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.
- Genesis 12:2
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
- Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make…
- Exodus 1:7
Where this verse is studied
About Leviticus
This page draws on Caesarius of Arles, SERMON 105.12; John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.