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Hebrews 11:12The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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διὸ καὶ ἀφ’ ἑνὸς ἐγεννήθησαν, καὶ ταῦτα νενεκρωμένου, καθὼς τὰ ἄστρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῷ πλήθει καὶ ὡς ἡ ἄμμος ἡ παρὰ τὸ χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης ἡ ἀναρίθμητος.
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Hebrews 11:12American Standard Version
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12 wherefore also there sprang of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand, which is by the sea-shore, innumerable.
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Hebrews 11:12The Emphasized Bible
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12 Wherefore even from one were born, And as to these things one who had become dead,—Like the stars of the heaven for multitude, And as the sand that is by the lip of the sea that cannot be numbered.
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Hebrews 11:12King James Version
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12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
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Hebrews Study Notes—Chapter 11New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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was as good as dead: See study note on Ro 4:19.
as many as the stars of heaven in number: This expression, as well as the expression as innumerable as the sands by the seaside, is often used in the Bible as hyperbole, indicating great abundance. (Ge 41:49; Jos 11:4; Isa 48:19; Jer 15:8; Na 3:16; see Glossary, “Hyperbole.”) Jehovah used this figure of speech when he promised Abraham that he and Sarah, who was well past the age of childbearing, would produce a multitude of descendants. (Ge 17:15-17; 18:11; 22:17; Ro 4:19 and study note) Abraham and Sarah exercised faith in that promise. And as the Hebrew Christians knew, Jehovah had fulfilled this aspect of his promise to Abraham and Sarah in the days of Moses.—De 1:10; compare Ne 9:23.
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