Verse 8

And thy servant{H5650} is in the midst{H8432} of thy people{H5971} which thou hast chosen,{H977} a great{H7227} people,{H5971} that cannot be numbered{H4487} nor counted{H5608} for multitude.{H7230}

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 15:5 : 5 And he brought him forth{H3318} abroad,{H2351} and said,{H559} Look{H5027} now toward heaven,{H8064} and number{H5608} the stars,{H3556} if thou be able{H3201} to number{H5608} them: and he said{H559} unto him, So{H3541} shall thy seed{H2233} be.
  • Gen 22:17 : 17 that in blessing{H1288} I will bless{H1288} thee, and in multiplying{H7235} I will multiply{H7235} thy seed{H2233} as the stars{H3556} of the heavens,{H8064} and as the sand{H2344} which is upon the{H3220} seashore;{H8193} and thy seed{H2233} shall possess{H3423} the gate{H8179} of his enemies;{H341}
  • Gen 13:16 : 16 And I will make{H7760} thy seed{H2233} as the dust{H6083} of the earth:{H776} so that{H834} if a man{H376} can{H3201} number{H4487} the dust{H6083} of the earth,{H776} then may thy seed{H2233} also be numbered.{H4487}
  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey{H8085} my voice{H6963} indeed,{H8085} and keep{H8104} my covenant,{H1285} then ye shall be mine own possession{H5459} from among all peoples:{H5971} for all the earth{H776} is mine: 6 and ye shall be unto me a kingdom{H4467} of priests,{H3548} and a holy{H6918} nation.{H1471} These are the words{H1697} which thou shalt speak{H1696} unto the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}
  • Deut 7:6-8 : 6 For thou art a holy{H6918} people{H5971} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God:{H430} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath chosen{H977} thee to be a people{H5971} for his own possession,{H5459} above all peoples{H5971} that are upon the face{H6440} of the earth.{H127} 7 Jehovah{H3068} did not set his love{H2836} upon you, nor choose{H977} you, because ye were more{H7230} in number than any people;{H5971} for ye were the fewest{H4592} of all peoples:{H5971} 8 but because Jehovah{H3068} loveth you, and because he would keep{H8104} the oath{H7621} which he sware{H7650} unto your fathers,{H1} hath Jehovah{H3068} brought you out{H3318} with a mighty{H2389} hand,{H3027} and redeemed{H6299} you out{H3318} of the house{H1004} of bondage,{H5650} from the hand{H3027} of Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt.{H4714}
  • 1 Sam 12:22 : 22 For Jehovah{H3068} will not forsake{H5203} his people{H5971} for his great{H1419} name's{H8034} sake, because it hath pleased{H2974} Jehovah{H3068} to make{H6213} you a people{H5971} unto himself.
  • 1 Chr 21:2 : 2 And David{H1732} said{H559} to Joab{H3097} and to the princes{H8269} of the people,{H5971} Go,{H3212} number{H5608} Israel{H3478} from Beer-sheba{H884} even to Dan;{H1835} and bring{H935} me word, that I may know{H3045} the sum{H4557} of them.
  • 1 Chr 21:5-6 : 5 And Joab{H3097} gave{H5414} up the sum{H4557} of the numbering{H4662} of the people{H5971} unto David.{H1732} And all they of Israel{H3478} were a thousand{H505} thousand{H505} and a hundred{H3967} thousand{H505} men{H376} that drew{H8025} sword:{H2719} and Judah{H3063} was four{H702} hundred{H3967} threescore and ten{H7657} thousand{H505} men{H376} that drew{H8025} sword.{H2719} 6 But Levi{H3878} and Benjamin{H1144} counted{H6485} he not among{H8432} them; for the king's{H4428} word{H1697} was abominable{H8581} to Joab.{H3097}
  • 1 Chr 27:23-24 : 23 But David{H1732} took{H5375} not the number{H4557} of them from twenty{H6242} years{H8141} old{H1121} and under,{H4295} because Jehovah{H3068} had said{H559} he would increase{H7235} Israel{H3478} like to the stars{H3556} of heaven.{H8064} 24 Joab{H3097} the son{H1121} of Zeruiah{H6870} began{H2490} to number,{H4487} but finished{H3615} not; and there came wrath{H7110} for this{H2063} upon Israel;{H3478} neither was the number{H4557} put{H5927} into the account{H4557} in the chronicles{H1697} of king{H4428} David.{H1732}
  • Ps 78:71 : 71 From following{H310} the ewes that have their young{H5763} he brought{H935} him, To be the shepherd{H7462} of Jacob{H3290} his people,{H5971} and Israel{H3478} his inheritance.{H5159}