Deuteronomy 1 · Verse 11

Deuteronomy 1:11

(The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
Deuteronomy 1:11, King James Version

Deuteronomy 1:11 in other translations

BSBMay the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised.
WEBMay the LORD, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you, as he has promised you!
ASVJehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!
YLTJehovah, God of your fathers, is adding to you, as ye are, a thousand times, and doth bless you as He hath spoken to you.
DARBYJehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you as he hath said unto you!
BBEMay the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times greater in number than you are, and give you his blessing as he has said!
Webster(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)

What does Deuteronomy 1:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 1:9-18

9-18. I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone--a little before their arrival in Horeb. Moses addresses that new generation as the representatives of their fathers, in whose sight and hearing all the transactions he recounts took place. A reference is here made to the suggestion of Jethro (Ex 18:18). In noticing his practical adoption of a plan by which the administration of…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 1:9-18

Moses reminds the people of the happy constitution of their government, which might make them all safe and easy, if it was not their own fault. He owns the fulfilment of God's promise to Abraham, and prays for the further accomplishment of it. We are not straitened in the power and goodness of God; why should we be straitened in our own faith and hope? Good laws were given to the Israelites, and good men were to see…

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Deuteronomy 1:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יְהוָ֞הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
אֲבֽוֹתֵכֶ֗ם'a.vo.te.Khemancestors yourH1
יֹסֵ֧ףyo.Sefmay he addH3254
עֲלֵיכֶ֛ם'a.lei.Khemto youH5921
כָּכֶ֖םka.Khemlike you
אֶ֣לֶף'E.lefa thousandH505
פְּעָמִ֑יםpe.'a.MimtimesH6471
וִיבָרֵ֣ךְvi.va.Rekhand may he blessH1288
אֶתְכֶ֔ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רka.'a.Sherjust asH834
דִּבֶּ֥רdi.Berhe spokeH1696
לָכֶֽם\׃la.Khemto you

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 1:11

  • Psalms 115:14

    The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.

  • Genesis 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 enemies;

  • Numbers 6:27

    And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

  • Genesis 26:4

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

  • 2 Samuel 24:3

    And Joab said unto the king, Now the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

  • Genesis 49:25

    Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

  • Genesis 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.

  • Numbers 22:12

    And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.

  • Exodus 32:13

    Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:3

    And Joab answered, The Lord make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
make you.
2Sa 24:3; 1Ch 21:3; Ps 115:14
and bless you.
Ge 15:5; 22:17; 26:4; 49:25; Ex 32:13; Nu 6:27; 22:12

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 1:10

    The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

  • Deuteronomy 1:11

    (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)

  • Deuteronomy 1:12

    How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

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Deuteronomy 1:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¡Jehová Dios de vuestros padres añada sobre vosotros como sois mil veces, y os bendiga, como os ha prometido!
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Que l’ Éternel, le Dieu de vos pères, ajoute à votre nombre 1 000 fois ce que vous êtes, et vous bénisse, comme il vous l’a dit!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Jehova, der Gott eurer Väter, füge zu euch, so viele ihr seid, tausendmal hinzu und segne euch, wie er zu euch geredet hat!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
(Dominus Deus patrum vestrorum addat ad hunc numerum multa millia, et benedicat vobis sicut locutus est.)