Deuteronomy 1:11

11 May the LORD, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised!

Deuteronomy 1:11 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
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!)
English Standard Version (ESV)
11 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 Living Translation (NLT)
11 And may the LORD, the God of your ancestors, multiply you a thousand times more and bless you as he promised!
The Message Bible (MSG)
11 And may God, the God-of-Your-Fathers, keep it up and multiply you another thousand times, bless you just as he promised.
American Standard Version (ASV)
11 Jehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
11 May the LORD God of your ancestors make you a thousand times more numerous, and may he bless you as he has promised.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
11 May the Lord, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times more, and bless you as He promised you.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
11 The LORD is the God of your people. May he increase your numbers a thousand times. May he bless you, just as he promised he would.

Deuteronomy 1:11 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:11

The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many
more as ye are
This prayer he made, or this blessing he pronounced on them, to show that he did not envy their increase, nor was any ways uneasy at it, but rejoiced in it, though he gave it as a reason of his not being able to govern them alone:

and bless you, as he hath promised you:
with all kind of blessings, as he had often promised their fathers.

Deuteronomy 1:11 In-Context

9 At that time I said to you, “You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone.
10 The LORD your God has increased your numbers so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
11 May the LORD, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised!
12 But how can I bear your problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself?
13 Choose some wise, understanding and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you.”

Cross References 2

  • 1. S ver 10
  • 2. ver 8; Genesis 22:17; Exodus 32:13; 2 Samuel 24:3; 1 Chronicles 21:3
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