Deuteronomy 1:10

Contemporary English Version

The Lord our God has blessed us, and so now there are as many of us as there are stars in the sky.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD your God has multiplied you, and, behold, you are this day as the stars of the sky for multitude.

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

Lexham English Bible
Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and look; you are today as the stars of the heaven in number.

English Standard Version
The Lord your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are today as numerous as the stars of heaven.

New Century Version
The Lord your God has made you grow in number so that there are as many of you as there are stars in the sky.

New English Translation
The Lord your God has increased your population to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky.

Amplified Bible
'The LORD your God has multiplied you, and look, today you are as numerous as the stars of heaven.

New American Standard Bible
'The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lord your God hath multiplied you: and beholde, ye are this day as the starres of heauen in nomber:

Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number.

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai your God has multiplied your numbers, so that there are as many of you today as there are stars in the sky.

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

Easy-to-Read Version
And now, there are even more of you. The Lord your God has added more and more people, so that today you are as many as the stars in the sky.

George Lamsa Translation
The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day as the stars of heaven in multitude.

Good News Translation
The Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord your God has so multiplied you that today you are as numerous as the stars of the sky.

Literal Translation
Jehovah your God has multiplied you, and, behold, today you are as the stars of heaven for multitude.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for the LORDE youre God hath increased you, so that this daye ye are as ye starres of heauen in multitude.

American Standard Version
Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

Bible in Basic English
The Lord your God has given you increase, and now you are like the stars of heaven in number.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For the Lorde your God hath multiplied you: so that you be this day as the starres of heauen in number.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
the LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.--

King James Version (1611)
The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and beholde, you are this day as the starres of heauen for multitude.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The Lord your God has multiplied you, and, behold, ye are to-day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

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

Berean Standard Bible
The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and ye ben ful many to dai, as the sterris of heuene;

Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and lo, ye [are] to-day as the stars of the heavens for multitude;

Update Bible Version
Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and see, you are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and behold, ye [are] this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

World English Bible
Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and, behold, you are this day as the stars of the sky for multitude.

New King James Version
The LORD your God has multiplied you, and here you are today, as the stars of heaven in multitude.

New Living Translation
The Lord your God has increased your population, making you as numerous as the stars!

New Life Bible
The Lord your God has made you become many people. Now you are as many as the stars of heaven.

New Revised Standard
The Lord your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars of heaven.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yahweh your God hath multiplied you, and here ye are to-day, like the stars of the heavens for multitude.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I alone am not able to bear you: for the Lord your God hath multiplied you, and you are this day as the stars of heaven, for multitude.

Revised Standard Version
the LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number.

Contextual Overview

⁹ Moses said: Right after the Lord commanded us to leave Mount Sinai, I told you: Israel, being your leader is too big a job for one person. ¹⁰ The Lord our God has blessed us, and so now there are as many of us as there are stars in the sky. ¹¹ God has even promised to bless us a thousand times more, and I pray that he will. ¹² But I cannot take care of all your problems and settle all your arguments alone. ¹³ Each tribe must choose some experienced men who are known for their wisdom and understanding, and I will make those men the official leaders of their tribes. ¹⁴ You answered, "That's a good idea!" ¹⁵ Then I took these men, who were already wise and respected leaders, and I appointed them as your official leaders. Some of them became military officers in charge of groups of a thousand, or a hundred, or fifty, or ten, ¹⁶ and others became judges. I gave these judges the following instructions: When you settle legal cases, your decisions must be fair. It doesn't matter if the case is between two Israelites, or between an Israelite and a foreigner living in your community. ¹⁷ And it doesn't matter if one is helpless and the other is powerful. Don't be afraid of anyone! No matter who shows up in your court, God will help you make a fair decision. If any case is too hard for you, bring the people to me, and I will make the decision. ¹⁸ After I gave these instructions to the judges, I taught you the Lord 's commands.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

your God: Deuteronomy 10:22, Deuteronomy 28:62, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 28:14, Exodus 12:37, Exodus 32:13, Numbers 1:46, 1 Chronicles 27:23, Nehemiah 9:23

ye are this day: This was the promise made by God to Abraham - Genesis 15:5, Genesis 15:6, which Moses considers now as amply fulfilled. Many suppose the expression to be hyperbolical; and others, no friends to revelation, think it a vain, empty boast, because the stars, in their apprehension, amount to innumerable millions. But, as this refers to the number of stars that appear to the naked eye, which only amount to about 3,010 in both hemispheres, the number of the Israelites far exceeded this; for independently of women and children, at the last census, they amounted to more than 600,000.

Reciprocal: Genesis 13:16 - General Genesis 46:3 - I will Genesis 48:19 - become Numbers 10:36 - many thousands of Israel Ezekiel 16:7 - excellent ornaments Hebrews 6:14 - multiplying Hebrews 11:12 - as the stars

Cross-References

Genesis 1:4
God looked at the light and saw that it was good. He separated light from darkness

Deuteronomy 32:4
The Lord is a mighty rock, and he never does wrong. God can always be trusted to bring justice.

Psalms 104:31
Our Lord , we pray that your glory will last forever and that you will be pleased with what you have done.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord your God hath multiplied you,.... Which was the reason why he could not bear them, or the government of them was too heavy for him, because they were so numerous, and the cases brought before him to decide were so many:

and, behold, you are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude; whereby it appeared that the promise to Abraham was fulfilled, Genesis 15:5, they were now 600,000 men fit for war, besides women and children, and those under age, which must make the number of them very large.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 people took place before they left Horeb to march direct to the promised land. This fact sets more clearly before us the perverseness and ingratitude of the people, to which the orator next passes; and shows, what he was anxious to impress, that the fault of the 40 years’ delay rested only with themselves!

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 1:10. Ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. — This was the promise God made to Abraham, Genesis 15:5-6; and Moses considers it now as amply fulfilled. But was it really so? Many suppose the expression to be hyperbolical; and others, no friends to revelation, think it a vain empty boast, because the stars, in their apprehension, amount to innumerable millions. Let us consider this subject. How many in number are the stars which appear to the naked eye? for it is by what appears to the naked eye we are to be governed in this business, for God brought Abraham forth abroad, i. e., out of doors, and bade him look towards heaven, not with a telescope, but with his naked eyes, Genesis 15:5. Now I shall beg the objector to come forth abroad, and look up in the brightest and most favourable night, and count the stars-he need not be terrified at their abundance; the more they are, the more he can count; and I shall pledge myself to find a male Israelite in the very last census taken of this people, Numbers 26:0, for every star he finds in the whole upper hemisphere of heaven. The truth is, only about 3,010 stars can be seen by the naked eye in both the northern and southern hemispheres; and the Israelites, independently of women and children, were at the above time more than 600,000. And suppose we even allow that, from the late discoveries of Dr. Herschel and others with telescopes which have magnified between 35 and 36,000 times, there may be 75 millions of stars visible by the help of such instruments, which is the highest calculation ever made, yet still the Divine word stands literally true: St. Matthew says, Matthew 1:17, that the generations from Abraham to Christ were 42; now we find at the second census that the fighting men among the Hebrews amounted to 603,000; and the Israelites, who have never ceased to be a distinct people, have so multiplied as far to exceed the number of all the fixed stars taken together.