Verse List for GEN 15:5

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OET (OET-RV) Then Yahweh took Abram outside and said, “Look up at the sky and see if you can count the stars.” Then he said to him, “Your descendants will be like that.”

OET-LV And_he _brought _out DOM_him/it to_the_outside and_he/it _said look please to_the_heavens and_count the_stars if you _are _able to_count DOM_them and_he/it _said to_him/it thus it _will _be offspring _of_your.

ULT Then he brought him outside and said, “Please look at the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then he said to him, “So will your offspring be.”

UST Then Yahweh took Abram outside his tent and said to him, “Look up at the night sky and count how many stars there are, if in fact you are able to count them all.” While Abram was looking at the stars, Yahweh said to him, “That is how many descendants you will have.”

BSB & MSB And [the LORD] took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So {shall} your offspring be.”[fn]

OEB Then God brought him outside and said, ‘Look now toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them! So will your descendants be.’

WEBBE & WMBB The LORD brought him outside, and said, “Look now towards the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “So your offspring will be.”

NET The Lord took him outside and said, “Gaze into the sky and count the stars – if you are able to count them!” Then he said to him, “So will your descendants be.”

LSV and He brings him out outside and says, “Now look attentively toward the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them”; and He says to him, “Thus is your seed.”

FBV The Lord took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up at the sky. See if you can count the stars! That's how many descendants you will have!”

T4T Then Yahweh took Abram outside of his tent and said, “Look up at the sky! Can you count the stars? No, you cannot count them because there are so many of them, and your descendants will be as numerous as the stars.”

LEB And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward the heavens and count the stars if you are able to count them.” And he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”

BBE And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.

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JPS And He brought him forth abroad, and said: 'Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them'; and He said unto him: 'So shall thy seed be.'

ASV And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

DRA And he brought him forth abroad, and said to him: Look up to heaven and number the stars, if thou canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed be.

YLT and He bringeth him out without, and saith, 'Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;' and He saith to him, 'Thus is thy seed.'

Drby And he led him out, and said, Look now toward the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said to him, So shall thy seed be!

RV And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to tell them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
(And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou/you be able to tell them: and he said unto him, So shall thy/your seed be.)

SLT And he will bring him forth without, and will say, Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if thou shalt be able to count them: and he will say to him, So shall be thy seed.

Wbstr And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now towards heaven, and tell the stars, if thou art able to number them: and he said to him, So shall thy seed be.

KJB-1769 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.
(And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou/you be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy/your seed be.)

KJB-1611 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Looke now towards heauen, and tell the starres, if thou be able to number them. And hee said vnto him, So shall thy seed be.
(And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now towards heaven, and tell the stars, if thou/you be able to number them. And he said unto him, So shall thy/your seed be.)

Bshps And he brought hym out, and sayde: loke vp vnto heauen, and tell the starres, if thou be able to number them. And he sayde vnto hym: euen so shall thy seede be.
(And he brought him out, and said: look up unto heaven, and tell the stars, if thou/you be able to number them. And he said unto him: even so shall thy/your seed be.)

Gnva Moreouer he brought him forth and said, Looke vp nowe vnto heauen, and tell ye starres, if thou be able to number them: and he said vnto him, So shall thy seede be.
(Moreover/What’s_more he brought him forth and said, Look up now unto heaven, and tell ye/you_all stars, if thou/you be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy/your seed be.)

Cvdl And he bad him go forth, and sayde: Loke vp vnto heauen, and tell ye starres: Canst thou nombre them? And he sayde vnto him: Euen so shal thy sede be.
(And he bad him go forth, and said: Look up unto heaven, and tell ye/you_all stars: Canst thou/you number them? And he said unto him: Even so shall thy/your seed be.)

Wycl And the Lord ledde out Abram, and seide to hym, Biholde thou heuene, and noumbre thou sterris, if thou maist. And the Lord seide to Abram, So thi seed schal be.
(And the Lord led out Abram, and said to him, Behold thou/you heaven, and number thou/you stars, if thou/you mayest/may. And the Lord said to Abram, So thy/your seed shall be.)

Luth Und er hieß ihn hinausgehen und sprach: Siehe gen Himmel und zähle die Sterne, kannst du sie zählen? Und sprach zu ihm: Also soll dein Same werden.
(And he was_called him/it go_out and spoke: See/Look to/toward heaven and zähle the star, can you(sg) they/she/them to_count? And spoke to/for him: So should your(s) seed become.)

ClVg Eduxitque eum foras, et ait illi: Suspice cælum, et numera stellas, si potes. Et dixit ei: Sic erit semen tuum.[fn]
(Eduxitque him outside, and he_said them: Suspice the_sky, and numera stars, when/but_if you_can. And he/she_said to_him: So will_be seed your(sg).)

UHB וַ⁠יּוֹצֵ֨א אֹת֜⁠וֹ הַ⁠ח֗וּצָ⁠ה וַ⁠יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ הַבֶּט־נָ֣א הַ⁠שָּׁמַ֗יְמָ⁠ה וּ⁠סְפֹר֙ הַ⁠כּ֣וֹכָבִ֔ים אִם־תּוּכַ֖ל לִ⁠סְפֹּ֣ר אֹתָ֑⁠ם וַ⁠יֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔⁠וֹ כֹּ֥ה יִהְיֶ֖ה זַרְעֶֽ⁠ךָ׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἐξήγαγε δὲ αὐτὸν ἔξω, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, ἀνάβλεψον δὴ εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν, καὶ ἀρίθμησον τοὺς ἀστέρας, εἰ δυνήσῃ ἐξαριθμῆσαι αὐτούς· καὶ εἶπεν, οὕτως ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου.

BrTr And he brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if thou shalt be able to number them fully, and he said, Thus shall thy seed be.