King James Version
Deuteronomy 1:11 in the King James Version says “(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!)” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“(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 · KJV
And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
(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!)
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. Take: Heb. Give
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“God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“of your fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“make you a thousand”
H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
“times”
H6471a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
“ye are and bless”
H1288to kneel; by implication to bless god (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (god or the king, as
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“you as he hath promised”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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