Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth,
New American Standard Bible
I will make your
King James Version
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
International Standard Version
I'll make your descendants as plentiful as the specks of dust of the earth, so that if one could count the specks of dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be counted.
A Conservative Version
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth. So that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may thy seed also be numbered.
American Standard Version
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: So that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may thy seed also be numbered.
Amplified
I will make your descendants [as numerous] as the dust of the earth, so that if a man could count the [grains of] dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be counted.
Bible in Basic English
And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.
Darby Translation
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, so that if any one can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also will be numbered.
Julia Smith Translation
And I made thy seed as the dust of the earth, that if a man shall be able to reckon up the dust of the earth, thy seed also shall be reckoned up.
King James 2000
And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall your descendants also be numbered.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth which, if anyone were able to count the dust of the earth, your descendants would be [so] counted.
Modern King James verseion
And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then shall your seed also be counted.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
NET Bible
And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted.
New Heart English Bible
I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered.
The Emphasized Bible
and I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, - so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also, may be numbered.
Webster
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
World English Bible
I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I have set thy seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even thy seed is numbered;
Themes
Canaan » Land of » Promised to abraham and his seed
the Canaanites » Abraham » Was promised , for inheritance
Israel » Prophecies » Multitudes
Topics
Interlinear
Suwm
Zera`
'erets
ארץ
'erets
land, earth, country, ground, world, way, common, field, nations, wilderness
Usage: 2504
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 13:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Lord's Third Promise To Abram
15
for I will give you and your offspring forever all the land that you see.
Cross References
Genesis 28:14
Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth,
Numbers 23:10
or numbered the dust clouds
Let me die the death of the upright;
let the end of my life be like theirs.
Genesis 15:5
He took him outside and said, “Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then He said to him, “Your offspring will be that numerous.”
Genesis 22:17
I will indeed bless you
Genesis 32:12
You have said, ‘I will cause you to prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.’”
1 Kings 3:8
Your servant is among Your people You have chosen,
Genesis 12:2-3
I will bless you,
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.
Genesis 17:6
I will make you extremely fruitful and will make nations and kings come from you.
Genesis 17:16
I will bless her; indeed, I will give you a son by her.
Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will certainly bless him; I will make him fruitful and will multiply him greatly. He will father 12 tribal leaders,
Genesis 18:18
Abraham is to become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.
Genesis 21:13
But I will also make a nation of the slave’s son
Genesis 25:1-34
Now Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah,
Genesis 26:4
I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky, I will give your offspring all these lands, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed
Genesis 28:3
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you
Genesis 35:11
God also said to him:
Be fruitful and multiply.
A nation, indeed an assembly of nations,
will come from you,
and kings will descend from you.
Genesis 36:1-43
These are the family records
Genesis 46:3
God said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
Exodus 1:7
But the Israelites were fruitful, increased rapidly, multiplied, and became extremely numerous
Exodus 32:13
Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel—You swore to them by Your very self
Deuteronomy 1:10
The Lord your God has so multiplied you that today you are as numerous as the stars of the sky.
Judges 6:3
Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the Qedemites
Judges 6:5
For the Midianites came with their cattle and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were without number, and they entered the land to waste it.
1 Kings 4:20
Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea;
1 Chronicles 21:5
Joab gave the total troop registration to David. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 swordsmen and in Judah itself 470,000 swordsmen.
1 Chronicles 27:23
David didn’t count the men aged 20 or under, for the Lord had said He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of heaven.
2 Chronicles 17:14-18
These are their numbers according to their ancestral families. For Judah, the commanders of thousands:
Isaiah 48:18-19
Then your peace would have been like a river,
and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
Jeremiah 33:22
The hosts of heaven cannot be counted; the sand of the sea cannot be measured.
Romans 4:16-18
This is why the promise is by faith, so that it may be according to grace,
Hebrews 11:12
Therefore from one man—in fact, from one as good as dead—came offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and as innumerable as the grains of sand by the seashore.
Revelation 7:9
After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were robed in white with palm branches in their hands.