And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
1 Kings 3:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people who cannot be counted for multitude. American Standard Version (1901) And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. Common English Bible But I’m here, your servant, in the middle of the people you have chosen, a large population that can’t be numbered or counted due to its vast size. Catholic Public Domain Version And your servant is in the midst of the people that you have chosen, an immense people, who are not able to be numbered or counted because of their multitude. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And thy servant is in the midst of the people which thou hast chosen, an immense people, which cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. |
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to tell them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them.
From following the ewes that give suck he brought him, To feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
And I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you; and will establish my covenant with you.
For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you a people unto himself.