Parallel Verses
Amplified
Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy persons [in all], and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Holman Bible
Your fathers went down to Egypt, 70 people in all,
International Standard Version
Your ancestors went down to Egypt with 70 people, but the LORD your God has now made you as numerous as the stars in the sky."
A Conservative Version
Thy fathers went down into Egypt, in souls, seventy. And now LORD thy God has made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
American Standard Version
Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now Jehovah thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Bible in Basic English
Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now the Lord your God has made you like the stars of heaven in number.
Darby Translation
With seventy souls thy fathers went down into Egypt; and now Jehovah thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Julia Smith Translation
With seventy souls thy fathers went down to Egypt; and now Jehovah set thee as the stain of the heavens for multitude.
King James 2000
Your fathers went down into Egypt with three score and ten persons; and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Lexham Expanded Bible
With [only] seventy persons your ancestors went down to Egypt, but now Yahweh your God has made you as the stars of the heaven {with respect to multitude}.
Modern King James verseion
Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons. And now Jehovah your God has made you as the stars of the heavens for multitude.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thy fathers went down into Egypt with seventy souls, and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven in multitude.
NET Bible
When your ancestors went down to Egypt, they numbered only seventy, but now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky.
New Heart English Bible
Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude.
The Emphasized Bible
As seventy souls, went thy fathers down to Egypt, - and, now, Yahweh thy God hath made thee like the stars of the heavens for multitude.
Webster
Thy fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
World English Bible
Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now Yahweh your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude.
Youngs Literal Translation
with seventy persons did thy fathers go down to Egypt, and now hath Jehovah thy God made thee as stars of the heavens for multitude.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 10:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations
21 He is your praise and glory; He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which you have seen with your own eyes. 22 Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy persons [in all], and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.
Cross References
Genesis 15:5
And the Lord brought Abram outside [his tent into the night] and said, “Look now toward the heavens and count the stars—if you are able to count them.” Then He said to him, “So [numerous] shall your descendants be.”
Genesis 46:27
and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two. All the persons of the house of Jacob [including Jacob, and
Deuteronomy 1:10
The Lord your God has multiplied you, and look, today you are as numerous as the stars of heaven.
Exodus 1:5
All the descendants of Jacob were seventy people; Joseph was [already] in Egypt.
Deuteronomy 28:62
Because you did not obey the voice of the Lord your God, you who were as numerous as the stars of heaven shall be left few in number.
Nehemiah 9:23
“You made their children as numerous as the stars of heaven,
And You brought them into the land
Which You told their fathers to enter and possess.
Acts 7:14
Then Joseph sent and invited Jacob his father and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five persons in all.
Numbers 26:51
This was the [total] number of the [male] Israelites, 601,730 [twenty years old and upward who were able to go to war].
Numbers 26:62
Those numbered of the Levites were 23,000, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered among the sons of Israel, since no inheritance [of land] was given to them among the Israelites.
Hebrews 11:12
So from one man, though he was [physically] as good as dead, were born as many descendants as the stars of heaven in number, and innumerable as the sand on the seashore.