Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Though you were as numerous as the stars of the sky, you will be left with only a few people, because you did not obey the Lord your God.
New American Standard Bible
Then you shall be left few in number,
King James Version
And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.
International Standard Version
Because you will not have obeyed the LORD your God, very few of you will be left instead of you being as numerous as the stars in the heavens.
A Conservative Version
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.
American Standard Version
And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.
Amplified
Because you did not obey the voice of the Lord your God, you who were as numerous as the stars of heaven shall be left few in number.
Bible in Basic English
And you will become a very small band, though your numbers were like the stars of heaven; because you did not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God.
Darby Translation
And ye shall be left a small company, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God.
Julia Smith Translation
And ye were left few in extension, instead of which ye were as the stars of the heavens for multitude, because thou heardst not to the voice of Jehovah thy God.
King James 2000
And you shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you shall remain {only a few people} in place of [the fact] you were [formerly] as the stars of heaven as far as number [is concerned], because you did not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.
Modern King James verseion
And you shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of the heavens for multitude, because you would not obey the voice of Jehovah your God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And ye shall be left few in number, wheretofore ye were as the stars of heaven in multitude: because thou wouldest not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
NET Bible
There will be very few of you left, though at one time you were as numerous as the stars in the sky, because you will have disobeyed the Lord your God.
New Heart English Bible
You shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of the sky for multitude; because you did not listen to the voice of the LORD your God.
The Emphasized Bible
And ye shall be left men few in number, whereas ye had become as the stars of the heavens for multitude, - because thou hast not hearkened unto the voice of Yahweh thy God.
Webster
And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldst not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.
World English Bible
You shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of the sky for multitude; because you didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.
Youngs Literal Translation
and ye have been left with few men, instead of which ye have been as stars of the heavens for multitude, because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God.
Themes
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 28:62
Verse Info
Context Readings
Blessings And Curses
61 The Lord will also afflict you with every sickness and plague not recorded in the book of this law, until you are destroyed. 62 Though you were as numerous as the stars of the sky, you will be left with only a few people, because you did not obey the Lord your God. 63 Just as the Lord was glad to cause you to prosper and to multiply you, so He will also be glad to cause you to perish and to destroy you. You will be deported from the land you are entering to possess.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:27
The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be reduced to a few survivors
Deuteronomy 10:22
Your fathers went down to Egypt, 70 people in all,
Nehemiah 9:23
like the stars of heaven
and brought them to the land
You told their ancestors to go in and take possession of it.
2 Kings 24:14
Then he deported all Jerusalem and all the commanders and all the fighting men,
Nehemiah 7:4
The city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and no houses had been built yet.
Jeremiah 42:2
Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you;
Leviticus 26:22
I will send wild animals against you that will deprive you of your children, ravage your livestock, and reduce your numbers until your roads are deserted.
2 Kings 13:7
Jehoahaz did not have an army left, except for 50 horsemen, 10 chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them,
Isaiah 1:9
had not left us a few survivors,
we would be like Sodom,
we would resemble Gomorrah.
Isaiah 24:6
and its inhabitants have become guilty;
the earth’s inhabitants have been burned,
and only a few survive.
Jeremiah 52:28-30
These are the people Nebuchadnezzar deported:
Mark 13:20
Romans 9:27-29
But Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:
is like the sand of the sea,
only the remnant will be saved;