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Isaiah 60:22

A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.

KJV

Minimus erit in mille, et parvulus in gentem fortissimam. Ego Dominus in tempore ejus subito faciam istud.

Vulgate

ὁ ὀλιγοστὸς ἔσται εἰς χιλιάδας, καὶ ὁ ἐλάχιστος εἰς ἔθνος μέγα· ἐγὼ Κύριος κατὰ καιρὸν συνάξω αὐτούς.

LXX

The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation; I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time.

ASV

הַ/קָּטֹן֙ יִֽהְיֶ֣ה לָ/אֶ֔לֶף וְ/הַ/צָּעִ֖יר לְ/ג֣וֹי עָצ֑וּם אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה בְּ/עִתָּ֥/הּ אֲחִישֶֽׁ/נָּה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֶ֖לֶף
'lp
adjective · 500×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
ה
h
verb · 18×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
עֵ֣ת
't
verb · 293×
עָצ֖וּם
'tsvm
adjective · 31×
צָּעִ֖יר
ts'yr
adjective · 24×
קָּטֹ֖ן
qtn
adjective · 101×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Pet 3:8 — But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
  • Acts 2:41 — Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
  • Acts 5:14 — And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
  • Dan 2:35 — Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was
  • Dan 2:44 — And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all
  • Deut 32:35 — To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
  • Ezra 3:12 — But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice;
  • Hab 2:3 — For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
  • Heb 10:36 — For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
  • Heb 10:37 — For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
  • Isa 5:19 — That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
  • Isa 66:8 — Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her child
  • Jer 3:16 — And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: n
  • Jer 30:19 — And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
  • Job 12:23 — He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
  • Job 24:1 — Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
  • Luke 18:7 — And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
  • Matt 13:31 — Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
  • Ps 72:7 — In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
  • Rev 7:9 — After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robe