Nehemiah 9:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

You also multiplied their children as the stars of heaven, and brought them into the land which You had promised to their forefathers they would enter and possess.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had promised their ancestors they would enter and take possession of.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And their childre multiplyedst thou as the starres of heauen, and broughtest the in to the londe wherof thou haddest spoken vnto their fathers, that they shulde go in to it, and haue it in possession.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And thou diddest multiplie their children, like the starres of the heauen, and broughtest them into the lande, whereof thou haddest spoken vnto their fathers, that they should goe, and possesse it.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And their children multipliedst thou as the starres of heauen, and broughtest them into the lande whereof thou haddest spoken to their fathers, that they should go into it, and haue it in possession.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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].

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Their children also multiplied you as the stars of the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you did say to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And their sons Thou hast multiplied as the stars of the heavens, and bringest them in unto the land that Thou hast said to their fathers to go in to possess.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And you made their children as great in number as the stars of heaven, and took them into the land, of which you had said to their fathers that they were to go in and take it for themselves.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    You also multiplied their children as the stars of the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you said to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky. You brought them to the land you had told their ancestors to enter in order to possess.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 15:5 : 5 And he brought him outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if you are able to number them: and he said to him, So shall your offspring be.
  • Gen 22:17 : 17 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies;
  • Gen 26:3 : 3 Stay in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for to you, and to your descendants, I will give all these countries, and I will fulfill the oath which I swore to Abraham your father;
  • Josh 1:1-3 : 1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, it happened that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, saying, 2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, cross over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them, to the children of Israel. 3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, I have given to you, as I said to Moses.
  • 1 Chr 27:23 : 23 But David did not count those twenty years old and under, because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the heavens.
  • Gen 15:18 : 18 On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your descendants have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
  • Gen 17:8 : 8 And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
  • Gen 12:7 : 7 And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, To your descendants will I give this land: and there he built an altar to the LORD, who appeared to him.
  • Gen 13:15-17 : 15 For all the land which you see, to you will I give it, and to your descendants forever. 16 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 your descendants also shall be numbered. 17 Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its breadth; for I will give it to you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Neh 9:24-25
    2 verses
    84%

    24So the children entered and possessed the land; You subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings and the people of the land, so that they might do with them as they wished.

    25And they captured fortified cities and a fertile land, and took possession of houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled and became fat, and delighted themselves in Your great goodness.

  • Deut 1:10-11
    2 verses
    79%

    10The LORD your God has multiplied you, and, behold, you are today as the stars of heaven in multitude.

    11(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times more numerous than you are, and bless you, as He has promised you!)

  • Deut 30:5
    79%

    5And the LORD your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and he will do you good, and multiply you above your fathers.

  • Neh 9:15
    78%

    15You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promised them that they would go in to possess the land which You had sworn to give them.

  • Deut 10:22
    78%

    22Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of heaven for multitude.

  • Neh 9:22
    78%

    22Moreover, You gave them kingdoms and nations, and divided them into districts: So they possessed the land of Sihon, the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

  • Exod 32:13
    76%

    13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You swore by Your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.'"

  • Deut 4:37-38
    2 verses
    76%

    37And because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;

    38To drive out nations from before you greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

  • Deut 11:21
    76%

    21That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.

  • Gen 22:17
    75%

    17That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies;

  • Deut 1:8
    75%

    8Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give to them and to their descendants after them.

  • Deut 1:39
    75%

    39Moreover your little ones, whom you said would be prey, and your children, who today have no knowledge of good and evil, they shall go in there; to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.

  • Deut 7:13
    74%

    13And he will love you, and bless you, and multiply you: he will also bless the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your land, your grain, and your wine, and your oil, the increase of your cattle, and the flocks of your sheep, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you.

  • Neh 9:8
    74%

    8You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it to his descendants. And You have fulfilled Your words, for You are righteous;

  • Exod 1:7
    74%

    7And the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

  • Jer 32:22
    74%

    22And have given them this land, which you swore to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

  • Gen 26:4
    74%

    4And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these countries; and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

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    74%

    23Then the LORD will drive out all these nations from before you, and you shall possess greater and mightier nations than yourselves.

  • Deut 11:9
    74%

    9And that you may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Deut 9:5
    74%

    5It is not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, that you go to possess their land: but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God drives them out from before you, and that he may perform the word which the LORD swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

  • Deut 6:23
    73%

    23And he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore to our fathers.

  • Exod 23:30
    73%

    30Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.

  • Josh 24:3
    73%

    3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, and led him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants, and gave him Isaac.

  • Deut 9:29
    73%

    29Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out by your mighty power and by your stretched out arm.

  • Exod 13:11
    72%

    11And it shall be when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and shall give it to you,

  • Judg 6:9
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    9And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land;

  • Deut 28:11
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    11And the LORD shall make you plentiful in goods, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give you.

  • Deut 19:8
    72%

    8And if the LORD your God enlarges your border, as He has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which He promised to give to your fathers;

  • Gen 48:4
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    4And said to me, Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people; and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.

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    72%

    11Saying, To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

  • Lev 26:9
    72%

    9For I will have respect for you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

  • Deut 30:9
    72%

    9And the LORD your God will make you abundant in every work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers:

  • Neh 9:27-28
    2 verses
    71%

    27Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their enemies, who oppressed them. And in the time of their trouble, when they cried to You, You heard from heaven; and according to Your manifold mercies, You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hand of their enemies.

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    10And it shall be, when the LORD your God has brought you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you great and good cities, which you did not build,

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    19When you were few in number, even very few, and strangers in it.

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    12Moreover, You led them by day with a pillar of cloud, and by night with a pillar of fire, to give them light on the way they should go.

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