Nehemiah 9:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Nehemiah 9:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 9:23 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 9:23 WEB — 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.”
Nehemiah 9:23 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 9:23 ASV — 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. ”
Nehemiah 9:23 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 9:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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.”
Nehemiah 9:23 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 9:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And their children thou didst multiply as the stars of heaven, and thou broughtest them into the land concerning which thou didst say to their fathers that they should go in to possess it. ”
Nehemiah 9:23 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 9:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“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.”
Nehemiah 9:23 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 9:23 in Context — Nehemiah 9
21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
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.
24 So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
What Does Nehemiah 9:23 Mean?
Nehemiah 9:23 is a verse from the Book of Nehemiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Nehemiah chapter 9. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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