Hebrews 11:12 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
For which cause there sprung even from one (and him as good as dead) as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
Because of this, there were also born, from one who himself was as if dead, a multitude like the stars of heaven, who are, like the sand of the seashore, innumerable.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
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.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
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.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
wherefore also there sprang of one, and him as good as dead, [so many ]as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand, which is by the sea shore, innumerable.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
And 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.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And 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.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
wherefore also there sprang of one, and him as good as dead, [so many] as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand, which is by the sea-shore, innumerable.
LSV Literal Standard Version
for this reason, also, from one—and that of one who had become dead—were begotten as the stars of the sky in multitude, and innumerable as the sand that [is] by the seashore.
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
Wherefore also there have been born of one, and that of one become dead, even as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the countless sand which [is] by the sea shore.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Therefore there sprang even from 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.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And therefore sprang there of one, euen of one which was dead, so many as the starres of the skie in multitude, and as the land of the sea shore which is innumerable.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Therefore, from this one man—and he was almost dead—were born descendants as many as the stars in the sky and as countless as sand by the seashore.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
And therfore spronge therof one (and of one which was as good as deed) so many in multitude as the starres of the skye and as the sond of the see shore which is innumerable.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
wherefore, also from one were begotten — and that of one who had become dead — as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as sand that [is] by the sea-shore — the innumerable.
FBV Free Bible Version
That is why the descendants of Abraham (who was as good as dead!) became as numerous as the stars of heaven, as countless as the sand of the sea shore.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
So that from one man, who was near to death, came children in number as the stars in heaven, or as the sand by the seaside, which may not be numbered.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Por lo qual de uno solo, y que estaba amortiguado, salió muchedumbre sin cuento, así como las estrellas del Cielo, y como la arena, que está á la orilla de la mar.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Por lo cual también, de uno, y ése ya amortecido, salieron como las estrellas del cielo en multitud, y como la arena innumerable que está á la orilla de la mar.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Y así de este hombre que era demasiado viejo, nacieron tantos descendientes como las estrellas del cielo y tan incontables como la arena a la orilla del mar.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Por lo cual también de uno y éste ya casi muerto, salieron [descendientes] en multitud como las estrellas del cielo y como la arena innumerable de la orilla del mar.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Por eso, los descendientes de Abraham, (¡que ya estaba a punto de morir!), se volvieron numerosos como las estrellas del cielo e innumerables como la arena del mar.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Por eso, de un solo hombre, y este ya casi muerto, nacieron descendientes tan numerosos como las estrellas del cielo y como la arena incontable que está a la orilla del mar.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
διὸ καὶ ἀφ᾽ ἑνὸς ἐγεννήθησαν, καὶ ταῦτα νενεκρωμένου, καθὼς τὰ ἄστρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῷ πλήθει καὶ ὡς ἡ ἄμμος ἡ παρὰ τὸ χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης ἡ ἀναρίθμητος.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
διο και αφ ενος εγεννηθησαν, και ταυτα νενεκρωμενου, καθως τα αστρα του ουρανου τω πληθει και ως η αμμος η παρα το χειλος της θαλασσης η αναριθμητος.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Διὸ καὶ ἀφ᾿ ἑνὸς ἐγεννήθησαν, καὶ ταῦτα νενεκρωμένου, καθὼς τὰ ἄστρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῷ πλήθει, καὶ ὡσεὶ ἄμμος ἡ παρὰ τὸ χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης ἡ ἀναρίθμητος.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
διο και αφ ενοσ εγεννηθησαν και ταυτα νενεκρωμενου καθωσ τα αστρα του ουρανου τω πληθει και ωσ η αμμοσ η παρα το χειλοσ τησ θαλασσησ η αναριθμητοσ
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
διὸ καὶ ἀφ’ ἑνὸς ἐγεννήθησαν, καὶ ταῦτα νενεκρωμένου, καθὼς τὰ ἄστρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῷ πλήθει καὶ ὡς ἡ ἄμμος ἡ παρὰ τὸ χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης ἡ ἀναρίθμητος.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
διὸ καὶ ἀφʼ ἑνὸς ἐγεννήθησαν, καὶ ταῦτα νενεκρωμένου, καθὼς τὰ ἄστρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῷ πλήθει καὶ ὡς ἡ ἄμμος ἡ παρὰ τὸ χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης ἡ ἀναρίθμητος.
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Propter quod et ab uno orti sunt (et hoc emortuo) tamquam sidera cæli in multitudinem, et sicut arena, quæ est ad oram maris, innumerabilis.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Тѣ́мже и҆ ѿ є҆ди́нагѡ роди́шасѧ, да є҆щѐ ᲂу҆мерщвле́ннагѡ, ꙗ҆́коже ѕвѣ́зды небє́сныѧ мно́жествомъ и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ песо́къ вскра́й мо́рѧ безчи́сленный.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
И потому от одного, и притом омертвелого, родилось так много, как много звезд на небе и как бесчислен песок на берегу морском.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Διά τούτο και εξ ενός, μάλιστα νενεκρωμένου, εγεννήθησαν καθώς τα άστρα του ουρανού κατά το πλήθος, και ως η άμμος η παρά το χείλος της θαλάσσης, ήτις δεν δύναται να αριθμηθή.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Зато се и родише од једног, још готово мртвог, као звезде небеске мноштвом, и као небројени песак покрај мора.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Zato se i rodiše od jednog, još gotovo mrtvog, kao zvezde nebeske mnoštvom, i kao nebrojeni pesak pokraj mora.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
لِذَلِكَ وُلِدَ أَيْضًا مِنْ وَاحِدٍ، وَذَلِكَ مِنْ مُمَاتٍ، مِثْلُ نُجُومِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ فِي ٱلْكَثْرَةِ، وَكَالرَّمْلِ ٱلَّذِي عَلَى شَاطِىءِ ٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلَّذِي لَا يُعَدُّ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC