Hebrews 11:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsHebrews 11:12 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 →
διὸ
dió
G1352
wherefore
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἀφ’
apó
G575
from
ἑνὸς
heîs
G1520
one
ἐγεννήθησαν
gennáō
G1080
to beget
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ταῦτα
hoûtos
G3778
this
νενεκρωμένου
nekróō
G3499
to put to death
καθὼς
kathṓs
G2531
according as
τὰ
ho
G3588
the
ἄστρα
ástron
G798
constellation
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
οὐρανοῦ
ouranós
G3772
heaven
τῷ
ho
G3588
the
πλήθει
plēthos
G4128
multitude
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ὡς
hōs
G5613
as
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
ἄμμος
ámmos
G285
sand
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
παρὰ
pará
G3844
from
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
χεῖλος
cheîlos
G5491
lip
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
θαλάσσης
thálassa
G2281
sea
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
ἀναρίθμητος
anaríthmētos
G382
innumerable
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World English Bible Public Domain
Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.
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King James Version Public Domain
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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Therefore, also from one —and he having become dead—these were born, just as the stars of the sky in their great number and countless as the sand along the shore of the sea.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).