Deuteronomy 28:62 “You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in n…”

Deuteronomy 28:62

You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.

World English Bible

You will be left few in number, even though you were as the stars of the sky for multitude, because you didn’t listen to the LORD your God’s voice.

American Standard Version

And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.

Geneva Bible 1599

And ye shall be left few in nomber, where ye were as the starres of heauen in multitude, because thou wouldest not obey the voyce of the Lord thy God.

Darby Translation

And ye shall be left a small company, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God.

Young's Literal Translation

and ye have been left with few men, instead of which ye have been as stars of the heavens for multitude, because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God.

Bible in Basic English

And you will become a very small band, though your numbers were like the stars of heaven; because you did not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God.

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Cross references

“few in number”

Deuteronomy 4:27 2 Kings 24:14 Nehemiah 7:4 Isaiah 24:6 Jeremiah 42:2 Mark 13:20

Deuteronomy 4:27 · BSB

Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

2 Kings 24:14 · BSB

He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.

Nehemiah 7:4 · BSB

Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.

Isaiah 24:6 · BSB

Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.

Jeremiah 42:2 · BSB

Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.

Mark 13:20 · BSB

If the Lord had not cut short those days, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has cut them short.

“as the stars”

Deuteronomy 10:22 Nehemiah 9:23 Romans 9:27

Deuteronomy 10:22 · BSB

Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Nehemiah 9:23 · BSB

You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.

Romans 9:27 · BSB

Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

61The LORD will also bring upon you every sickness and plague not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.

63Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.

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