Genesis 32:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 32:12 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְאַתָּ֣ה
ʼattâh
H859
you
אָמַ֔רְתָּ
ʼâmar
H559
to say
הֵיטֵ֥ב
yâṭab
H3190
to be good
אֵיטִ֖יב
yâṭab
H3190
to be good
עִמָּ֑ךְ
ʻim
H5973
with
וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י
sûwm
H7760
to put
אֶֽת
ʼêth
H853
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זַרְעֲךָ֙
zeraʻ
H2233
seed
כְּח֣וֹל
chôwl
H2344
sand
הַיָּ֔ם
yâm
H3220
sea
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
לֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יִסָּפֵ֖ר
çâphar
H5608
to count
מֵרֹֽב
rôb
H7230
multitude
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
You said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered because there are so many.'"
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King James Version Public Domain
And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But you said, ‘I will surely cause things to prosper with you, and I will make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted from abundance.’”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).