Parallel Verses
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.
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."
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.
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.
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 thy praise, and he is thy God, who has done for thee these great and awesome things, which thine eyes have seen. 22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt, in souls, seventy. And now LORD thy God has made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Cross References
Genesis 15:5
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said to him, So shall thy seed be.
Genesis 46:27
And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were {nine (LXX)}souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt, were {seventy-five (LXX/NT)}.
Deuteronomy 1:10
LORD your God has multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Exodus 1:5
And all the souls who came out of the loins of Jacob were {seventy-five (LXX/NT)} souls. And Joseph was in Egypt already.
Deuteronomy 28:62
And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude, because thou did not hearken to the voice of LORD thy God.
Nehemiah 9:23
Their sons thou also multiplied as the stars of heaven, and brought them into the land concerning which thou said to their fathers that they should go in to possess it.
Acts 7:14
And Joseph having sent forth, he summoned Jacob his father. And all his kinfolk, in souls, were seventy-five.
Numbers 26:51
These are those who were numbered of the sons of Israel, six hundred one thousand seven hundred and thirty.
Numbers 26:62
And those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward, for they were not numbered among the sons of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the sons of Israel.
Hebrews 11:12
And therefore from one man, and these things having become deadened, were begotten as the stars of the heaven for multitude, and as the sand of the seashore, countless.