Hebrews 6:14

The NET Bible®

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

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."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
saying, "I WILL SURELY BLESS YOU AND I WILL SURELY MULTIPLY YOU."

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 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 in your case, dear friends, even though we speak like this, we are convinced of better things relating to salvation. ¹⁰ For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints. ¹¹ But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end, ¹² so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises. ¹³ Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself, ¹⁴ saying, " Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly ." ¹⁵ And so by persevering, Abraham inherited the promise. ¹⁶ For people swear by something greater than themselves, and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute. ¹⁷ In the same way God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, and so he intervened with an oath, ¹⁸ so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.

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 was no longer able to hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him and sealed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and set it among the reeds along the edge of the Nile.

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

Luke 17:27
People were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage—right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

1 Peter 3:20
after they were disobedient long ago when God patiently waited in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through 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.