Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation. I, LORD, will hasten it in its time.

New American Standard Bible

“The smallest one will become a clan,
And the least one a mighty nation.
I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.”

King James Version

A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.

Holman Bible

The least will become a thousand,
the smallest a mighty nation.
I am Yahweh;
I will accomplish it quickly in its time.

International Standard Version

The least of them will become a thousand, and the smallest one a mighty nation. "I am the LORD; When the time is right, I will do this swiftly."

American Standard Version

The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation; I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time.

Amplified


“The smallest one will become a thousand (a clan),
And the least one a mighty nation.
I, the Lord, will quicken it in its [appointed] time.”

Bible in Basic English

The smallest of their families will become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I, the Lord, will make it come quickly in its time.

Darby Translation

The little one shall become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation: I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time.

Julia Smith Translation

The little one shall be for a thousand, and the small for a strong nation: I Jehovah will hasten it in its time.

King James 2000

A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in its time.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The small [one] shall become tribe, and the smallest one a mighty nation. I [am] Yahweh; I will hasten it in its time."

Modern King James verseion

A little one will become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I Jehovah will hasten it in its time.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The youngest and least shall grow into a thousand, and the simplest into a strong people. I the LORD shall shortly bring this thing to pass in his time.

NET Bible

The least of you will multiply into a thousand; the smallest of you will become a large nation. When the right time comes, I the Lord will quickly do this!"

New Heart English Bible

The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation; I, the LORD, will hasten it in its time."

The Emphasized Bible

The little one, shall become a thousand, and the small one, a mighty nation: I - Yahweh, in its own season, will hasten it.

Webster

A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in its time.

World English Bible

The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation; I, Yahweh, will hasten it in its time."

Youngs Literal Translation

The little one doth become a chief, And the small one a mighty nation, I, Jehovah, in its own time do hasten it!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
קטן קטן 
Qatan 
Usage: 101

אלף 
'eleph 
Usage: 504

and a small one
צעור צעירo 
Tsa`iyr 
Usage: 22

a strong
עצם עצוּם 
`atsuwm 
Usage: 31

גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

I the Lord

Usage: 0

will hasten
חוּשׁ 
Chuwsh 
Usage: 19

References

Context Readings

Zion Glorified

21 Thy people also shall all be righteous. They shall inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. 22 The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation. I, LORD, will hasten it in its time.


Cross References

Habakkuk 2:3

For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hastens toward the end, and shall not lay. Though it tarry, wait for it, because it will surely come. It will not delay.

Isaiah 5:19

who say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it. And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!

Isaiah 66:8

Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? Shall a nation be brought forth at once? For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her sons.

Daniel 2:35

Then the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, was broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors. And the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them. And the sto

Daniel 2:44

And in the days of those kings the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty of it be left to another people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it s

Matthew 13:31-32

He set forth another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard plant, which having taken, a man sowed in his field.

Luke 18:7

And God, will he, no, not do the vengeance of his chosen who cry out to him day and night, and yet being patient toward them?

Acts 2:41

Indeed therefore those who received his word gladly, were immersed. And there were added in that day about three thousand souls.

Acts 5:14

And more who believe were added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women,

Hebrews 10:36

For ye have need of perseverance, so that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

2 Peter 3:8

But beloved, this one thing you should not ignore, that one day with Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Revelation 7:9

After these things, I looked and lo, a great multitude, which none could number, out of every nation, and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palms in their ha

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