Joshua 11:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So these kings came out with all their armies, a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a great number of horses and chariots.”
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“So these kings came out with all their armies, a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a great number of horses and chariots.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea-shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and they go out, they and all their camps with them, a people numerous, as the sand which <FI>is<Fi> on the sea-shore for multitude, and horse and charioteer very many;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 11:4 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
- Genesis 32:12But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”
- Judges 7:12Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
- 1 Samuel 13:5Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
- 2 Samuel 17:11Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.
- 1 Kings 4:20The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
- Psalms 20:8They collapse and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.
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