And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall your descendants also be numbered.
1 Kings 3:8 - King James 2000 And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. 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. |
And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall your descendants also be numbered.
And he brought him forth outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if you be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall your descendants be.
That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies;
Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and rejoicing.
And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it has pleased the LORD to make you his people.