Deuteronomy 1:11

What does Deuteronomy 1:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 1:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Jehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!

KJV

King James Version · 1611

(The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Jehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

May the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times greater in number than you are, and give you his blessing as he has said!

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Jehovah, God of your fathers, is adding to you, as ye <FI>are<Fi> , a thousand times, and doth bless you as He hath spoken to you.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

(The Lord God of your fathers add to this number many thousands, and bless you as he hath spoken.)

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Jehovah, theGod of your fathers, make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you as he hath said unto you!

Context

v.10Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

v.11This passage

v.12How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:3

    And Joab said, Jehovah make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt unto Israel?

  • Numbers 6:27

    So shall they put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

  • Psalms 115:14

    Jehovah increase you more and more, You and your children.

  • Genesis 22:17

    that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

  • Genesis 49:25

    Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, And by the Almighty, who shall bless thee, With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.

  • 2 Samuel 24:3

    And Joab said unto the king, Now Jehovah thy God add unto the people, how many soever they may be, a hundredfold; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

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