I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
1 Kings 3:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Your servant is among your people you have chosen, a people too many to be numbered or counted. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
He took him outside and said, ‘Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.’ Then he said to him, ‘Your offspring will be that numerous.’
I will indeed bless you and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the city gates of their enemies.
Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea; they were eating, drinking, and rejoicing.
So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, ‘Go and count Israel from Beer-sheba to Dan and bring a report to me so I can know their number.’
‘I will turn to you, make you fruitful and multiply you, and confirm my covenant with you.
The Lord will not abandon his people, because of his great name and because he has determined to make you his own people.