Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand, for I will make him a great nation.

New American Standard Bible

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him by the hand, for I will make a great nation of him.”

King James Version

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

Holman Bible

Get up, help the boy up, and support him, for I will make him a great nation.”

International Standard Version

Get up! Pick up the youth and grab his hand, because I will make a great nation of his descendants."

American Standard Version

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand. For I will make him a great nation.

Amplified

Get up, help the boy up, and hold him by the hand, for I will make him a great nation.”

Bible in Basic English

Come, take your child in your arms, for I will make of him a great nation.

Darby Translation

Arise, take the lad, and hold him in thy hand; for I will make of him a great nation.

Julia Smith Translation

Arise, lift up the child, and fasten thy hand upon him; for I will make him into a great nation.

King James 2000

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him with your hand; for I will make him a great nation.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Get up, take up the boy and take him with your hand, for I will make him a great nation."

Modern King James verseion

Rise up, lift up the boy and hold him up with your hand, for I will make him a great nation.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Arise and lift up the lad, and take him in thy hand, for I will make of him a great people."

NET Bible

Get up! Help the boy up and hold him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation."

New Heart English Bible

Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation."

The Emphasized Bible

Arise lift up the boy, and hold him up with thy hand, - for, a great nation, will I make him.

Webster

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand: for I will make him a great nation.

World English Bible

Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation."

Youngs Literal Translation

rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set him.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
lift up
נסה נשׂא 
Nasa' 
Usage: 653

the lad
נער 
Na`ar 
Usage: 239

יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

for I will make
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

גּדל גּדול 
Gadowl 
Usage: 528

References

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Context Readings

Hagar And Ishmael

17 And God heard the voice of the lad. And the agent of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, What troubles thee, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand, for I will make him a great nation. 19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

Cross References

Genesis 21:13

And also I will make a nation of the son of the handmaid, because he is thy seed.

Genesis 16:10

And the agent of LORD said to her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Genesis 17:20

And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 25:12-18

Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Abraham.

1 Chronicles 1:29-31

These are their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

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