Hebrews 6:14

New American Standard Bible (1995)

saying, "I WILL SURELY BLESS YOU AND I WILL SURELY MULTIPLY YOU."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply you.

King James Version (1611)
Saying, Surely, blessing I will blesse thee, and multiplying I wil multiply thee.

King James Version
Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

English Standard Version
saying, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you."

New American Standard Bible
saying, "INDEED I WILL GREATLY BLESS YOU AND I WILL GREATLY MULTIPLY YOU."

New Century Version
saying, "I will surely bless you and give you many descendants."

Legacy Standard Bible
saying, "I will greatly bless you and I will greatly multiply you."

Berean Standard Bible
saying, "I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants."

Contemporary English Version
"I, the Lord, will bless you with many descendants!"

Complete Jewish Bible
and said, "I will certainly bless you, and I will certainly give you many descendants";

Darby Translation
saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee;

Easy-to-Read Version
He said, "I will surely bless you. I will give you many descendants."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Saying, Surely I wil aboundantly blesse thee and multiplie thee marueilously.

George Lamsa Translation
Saying, Blessing, I will bless you, and multiplying, I will multiply you.

Good News Translation
He said, "I promise you that I will bless you and give you many descendants."

Lexham English Bible
saying, "Surely I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply you."

Literal Translation
saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you." Gen. 22:16, 17

Amplified Bible
saying, "I WILL SURELY BLESS YOU AND I WILL SURELY MULTIPLY YOU."

American Standard Version
saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

Bible in Basic English
Saying, Be certain that I will give you my blessing, and make your numbers very great.

Hebrew Names Version
saying, "Most surely I will bless you, and I will surely multiply you."

International Standard Version
He said, "I will certainly bless you and give you many descendants."Genesis 22:17">[fn]

Etheridge Translation
and said, Blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

Murdock Translation
and said: Blessing, I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Saying: Surely, blessyng I wyll blesse thee, and multipliyng, multiplie thee.

English Revised Version
saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

World English Bible
saying, "Most surely I will bless you, and I will surely multiply you."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
he swore by himself, Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

Weymouth's New Testament
saying, "Assuredly I will bless you and bless you, I will increase you and increase you."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seide, Y blessinge schal blesse thee, and Y multipliynge schal multiplie thee;

Update Bible Version
saying, Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.

Webster's Bible Translation
Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

New English Translation
saying, " Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly ."

New King James Version
saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you." Genesis 22:17">[fn]

New Living Translation
"I will certainly bless you, and I will multiply your descendants beyond number."

New Life Bible
He said, "I will make you happy in so many ways. For sure, I will give you many children."

New Revised Standard
saying, "I will surely bless you and multiply you."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
saying - Truly, if blessing I will bless thee, and, multiplying, I will multiply thee;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Saying: Unless blessing I shall bless thee and multiplying I shall multiply thee.

Revised Standard Version
saying, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
sayinge: Surely I will blesse the and multiply the in dede.

Young's Literal Translation
saying, `Blessing indeed I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee;'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and sayde: Surely I wil blesse the and multiplye ye in dede.

Mace New Testament (1729)
"surely I will heap blessings upon thee, and will give thee a numerous posterity."

Simplified Cowboy Version
saying, "I'm going to bless you and grow your herd bigger than any number."

Contextual Overview

⁹ But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way. ¹⁰ For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints. ¹¹ And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end, ¹² so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. ¹³ For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, ¹⁴ saying, "I WILL SURELY BLESS YOU AND I WILL SURELY MULTIPLY YOU."¹⁵ And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise. ¹⁶ For men swear by one greater than themselves, and with them an oath given as confirmation is an end of every dispute. ¹⁷ In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath, ¹⁸ so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

multiplying: Genesis 17:2, Genesis 48:4, Exodus 32:13, Deuteronomy 1:10, Nehemiah 9:23

Reciprocal: Genesis 22:16 - General Psalms 3:8 - thy blessing Isaiah 52:6 - I am he Ezekiel 37:26 - multiply Hebrews 10:14 - them

Cross-References

Exodus 2:3
But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a wicker basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.

Matthew 24:38
"For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,

Luke 17:27
they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

1 Peter 3:20
who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Saying, surely blessing I will bless thee,.... Which is expressive of the certainty of the blessings; the reality and substantiality of them; the abundance of them, and the continuance of the same: and of this nature are all spiritual blessings; as to be chosen of God; to have God to be a covenant God and Father; to be justified, pardoned, adopted, and sanctified, and so have a right and title to eternal happiness:

and multiplying I will multiply thee; meaning both in his natural and spiritual seed, which has had its accomplishment.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee - That is, I will certainly bless thee. The phrase is a Hebrew mode of expression, to denote emphasis or certainty - indicated by the repetition of a word; compare Genesis 14:23; Exodus 8:10; Joel 3:14; Judges 5:30; Judges 15:16.

Multiplying I will multiply thee - I will greatly increase thee - I will grant thee an exceedingly numerous posterity.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 14. Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee — I will continue to bless thee.

Multiplying I will multiply thee. — I will continue to increase thy posterity. In the most literal manner God continues to fulfil this promise; genuine Christians are Abraham's seed, and God is increasing their number daily. See the notes on Genesis 22:12-18; and Genesis 23:1.