I will make your people as many as the dust of the earth. If people could count all the dust on earth, then they could count your people.
Job 5:25 - Easy To Read Version You will have many children.\par They will be as many as\par the blades of grass on the earth.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall know also that your children shall be many, and your offspring as the grass of the earth. American Standard Version (1901) Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth. Common English Bible You will know that you’ll have many children. Your offspring will be like the grass of the earth. Catholic Public Domain Version Likewise, you will know that your offspring will be manifold and your progeny will be like the grass of the earth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied: and thy offspring like the grass of the earth. |
I will make your people as many as the dust of the earth. If people could count all the dust on earth, then they could count your people.
Then God led Abram outside. God said, “Look at the sky. See the many stars. There are so many you can’t count them. In the future, your family will be like that.”
His descendants {\cf2\super [579]} will be great on earth.\par The descendants of good people\par will be truly blessed.\par
May the fields grow plenty of grain.\par May the hills be covered with crops.\par May the fields be as fertile as Lebanon.\par And may the cities be filled with people\par like fields covered with grass.\par
If you had obeyed me,\par then you would have had many children.\par They would have been\par like the many grains of sand.\par If you had obeyed me,\par then you would not have been destroyed.\par You would have continued with me.”\par
“Then I will turn to you. I will let you have many children. I will keep my Agreement with you.
The Lord will bless you and give you many children. He will bless your land and give you good crops. He will bless your animals and let them have many babies. He will bless all your calves and lambs.