Parallel Verses

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."

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."

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.

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.

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 And all your people [shall be] righteous; they shall take possession of [the] land forever, the shoot of his planting, the work of my hands, to show my glory. 22 The small [one] shall become tribe, and the smallest one a mighty nation. I [am] Yahweh; I will hasten it in its time."


Cross References

Habakkuk 2:3

For [there is] yet a vision for the appointed time; it will give witness to the end, and it will not lie. If it tarries, wait for it, for it will surely come and not delay.

Isaiah 5:19

those who say, "Let him make haste; let him hurry his work so that we may see it and let it draw near and let the plan of the holy one of Israel come so that we may know [it]!"

Isaiah 66:8

Who has heard [anything] like this? Who has seen [anything] like these [things]? Can a land be born in one day? Or can a nation be born in a moment? [Yet] when she was in labor, Zion indeed gave birth [to] her children.

Daniel 2:35

Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold {all at once} broke into pieces and they became like chaff from the summer threshing floor, and the wind carried them away and any trace of them could not be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and it filled the whole earth.

Daniel 2:44

And {in the day of those kings}, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will {never} be destroyed, and the kingdom will not be left for another nation, and it will bring an end to all these kingdoms, but it will stand {forever}.

Matthew 13:31-32

He put before them another parable, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took [and] sowed in his field.

Luke 18:7

And will not God surely {see to it that justice is done} to his chosen ones who cry out to him day and night, and will he delay toward them?

Acts 2:41

So those who accepted his message were baptized, and on that day about three thousand souls were added.

Acts 5:14

And even more believers in the Lord were being added, large numbers of both men and women,

Hebrews 10:36

For you have need of endurance, in order that [after you] have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

2 Peter 3:8

Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your [notice], that one day with the Lord [is] like a thousand years, and a thousand years [is] like one day.

Revelation 7:9

After these [things] I looked, and behold, a great crowd that no one was able to number, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed [in] white robes and [with] palm branches in their hands.

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