Deuteronomy 1:11

Deuteronomy 1:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)(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!)
• New International Version (NIV)May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised!
• English Standard Version (ESV)May 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!
• New King James Version (NKJV)May the Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times more numerous than you are, and bless you as He has promised you!

Context of Deuteronomy 1:11

9“I said to you at that time: I can’t bear the responsibility for you on my own. 10The Lord your God has so multiplied you that today you are as numerous as the stars of the sky. May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times more, and bless you as he promised you. 12But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes by myself? 13Appoint for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will make them your leaders.

Deuteronomy 1:11 word by word

יְהוָ֞ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבֽוֹתֵכֶ֗ם יֹסֵ֧ף עֲלֵיכֶ֛ם כָּכֶ֖ם אֶ֣לֶף פְּעָמִ֑ים וִיבָרֵ֣ךְ אֶתְכֶ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֥ר לָכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of your fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• make you a thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• timesפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471
• so many more asיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
• and blessבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288
• you, as he hath promisedדָבַרdâbar · to speak: promiseH1696

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 1:11

• 2 Samuel 24:3Joab replied to the king, “May the Lord your God multiply the troops a hundred times more than they are — while my lord the king looks on! But why does my lord the king want to do this?”
• 1 Chronicles 21:3Joab replied, “May the Lord multiply the number of his people a hundred times over! My lord the king, aren’t they all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
• Psalms 115:14May the Lord add to your numbers, both yours and your children’s.
• Genesis 15:5He took him outside and said, “Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then he said to him, “Your offspring will be that numerous.”
• Genesis 22:17I will indeed bless you and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the city gates of their enemies.
• Genesis 26:4I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky, I will give your offspring all these lands, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring,
• Genesis 49:25by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and the womb.
• Exodus 32:13Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel — you swore to them by yourself and declared, ‘I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and will give your offspring all this land that I have promised, and they will inherit it forever.’”
• Numbers 6:27In this way they will pronounce my name over the Israelites, and I will bless them.”
• Numbers 22:12Then God said to Balaam, “You are not to go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 1:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 This appointment of the “captains” (compare Exodus 18:21 ff) must not be confounded with that of the elders in Numbers 11:16 ff. The former would number 78,600; the latter were 70 only. A comparison between this passage and that in Exodus makes it obvious that Moses is only touching on certain parts of the whole history, without regard to order of time, but with a special purpose. This important arrangement for the good government of the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 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 to the execution of them…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-18See Exodus 18:13–27.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-189-18. 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 justice was committed to a select number of…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 1:11

• Blessing
• Government
• Israel
• Moses

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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings