Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

And thou knewest the multitude of thy seed, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

New American Standard Bible

“You will know also that your descendants will be many,
And your offspring as the grass of the earth.

King James Version

Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

Holman Bible

You will also know that your offspring will be many
and your descendants like the grass of the earth.

International Standard Version

You'll know that you'll have many children; and that your offspring will be like the grass of the earth.

A Conservative Version

Thou shall know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

American Standard Version

Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

Amplified


“You will know also that your descendants will be many,
And your offspring as the grass of the earth.

Bible in Basic English

You will be certain that your seed will be great, and your offspring like the plants of the earth.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.

King James 2000

You shall know also that your descendants shall be many, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And you shall know that your offspring [are] many, and your descendants like the vegetation of the earth.

Modern King James verseion

And you shall know that your seed will be numerous, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thou shalt see also, that thy seed shall increase, and that thy posterity shall be as the grass upon the earth.

NET Bible

You will also know that your children will be numerous, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.

New Heart English Bible

You shall know also that your seed shall be great, Your offspring as the grass of the earth.

The Emphasized Bible

And thou shalt know, that numerous is thy seed, and, thine offspring, like the young shoots of the field.

Webster

Thou shalt know also that thy seed will be great, and thy offspring as the grass of the earth.

World English Bible

You shall know also that your seed shall be great, Your offspring as the grass of the earth.

Youngs Literal Translation

And hast known that numerous is Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
זרע 
Zera` 
Usage: 229

רב 
Rab 
Usage: 458

צאצא 
Tse'etsa' 
Usage: 11

as the grass
עשׂב 
`eseb 
Usage: 33

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Blessing Comes When God Corrects You

24 And thou knewest that thy tent is peace, and thou reviewedst thy dwelling, and thou shalt not sin. 25 And thou knewest the multitude of thy seed, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. 26 Thou shalt come in old age to thy grave, as the ascending of a heap of sheaves in its time.

Cross References

Psalm 112:2

His seed shall be great in the earth: the generation of the upright shall be praised.

Psalm 72:16

There shall be diffusion of grain in the earth upon the head of the mountains; its fruit shall shake as Lebanon, and they shall blossom from the city as the grass of the earth.

Genesis 15:5

And he will bring him forth without, and will say, Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if thou shalt be able to count them: and he will say to him, So shall be thy seed.

Leviticus 26:9

And I turned to you and I made you fruitful, and I multiplied you, and I set up my covenant with you.

Deuteronomy 28:4

Blessed the fruit of thy belly, and the fruit of thy land, and the fruit of thy cattle, the offspring of thine oxen and the flocks of thy sheep.

Job 42:13-16

And there will be to him seven sons and three daughters.

Psalm 127:3-5

Behold, sons are the inheritance of Jehovah: the reward of the fruit of the womb.

Psalm 128:3-6

Thy wife as a vine bearing fruit in the sides of thy house: thy sons as plants of olives round about thy table.

Isaiah 44:3-4

For I will pour water upon the thirsty, and flowings upon the dry: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring.

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