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Nehemiah 9:23

Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

KJV

Et multiplicasti filios eorum sicut stellas cæli, et adduxisti eos ad terram de qua dixeras patribus eorum ut ingrederentur et possiderent.

Vulgate

καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτῶν ἐπλήθυνας ὡς τοὺς ἀστέρας τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ εἰσήγαγες αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν γῆν ἣν εἶπας τοῖς πατράσιν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐκληρονόμησαν αὐτήν.

LXX

Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land concerning which thou didst say to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

ASV

וּ/בְנֵי/הֶ֣ם הִרְבִּ֔יתָ כְּ/כֹכְבֵ֖י הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם וַ/תְּבִיאֵ/ם֙ אֶל הָ/אָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר אָמַ֥רְתָּ לַ/אֲבֹתֵי/הֶ֖ם לָ/ב֥וֹא לָ/רָֽשֶׁת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
הַרְבֵּ֥ה
hrbh
verb · 233×
הּ
h
verb · 232×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כוֹכְבֵ֥י
kvkby
noun · 36×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 1:10 — The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
  • Deut 10:22 — Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
  • Deut 28:62 — 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.
  • Exod 1:7 — And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
  • Gen 15:5 — And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
  • Gen 22:17 — That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enem
  • Heb 6:14 — Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
  • Heb 11:12 — Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
  • Isa 26:15 — Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
  • Lev 26:9 — For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.