Hebrews 11:12

Hebrews 11:12 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

12And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

12Therefore even from one man, and one who was as good as dead 11:12 Lit in these thingsat that, there were born descendants who were just as the stars of heaven in number, and as the innumerable grains of sand along the seashore.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

12Therefore there was born even of one man, and him as good as dead at that, as many descendants as the stars of heaven in number, and innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

12So from one man, though he was [physically] as good as dead, were born as many descendants as the stars of heaven in number, and innumerable as the sand on the seashore. [Gen 15:5, 6; 22:17; 32:12]

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

12And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

12Abraham was past the time when he could have children. But many children came from that one man. They were as many as the stars in the sky. They were as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. No one could count them.

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