Isaiah 60:22

In 11 translations

BSB

The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will accomplish it quickly.

KJV

A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.

WEB

The little one will become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation. I, Yahweh, will do this quickly in its time.”

ASV

The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation; I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time.

LSV

The little one becomes a chief, || And the small one a mighty nation, || I, YHWH, hurry it in its own time!”

YLT

The little one doth become a chief, And the small one a mighty nation, I, Jehovah, in its own time do hasten it!

DBY

The little one shall become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation: I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time.

DRC

The least shall become a thousand, and a little one a most strong nation: I the Lord will suddenly do this thing in its time.

GNV

A litle one shall become as a thousande, and a small one as a strong nation: I the Lord wil hasten it in due time.

JPS

The smallest shall become a thousand, and the least a mighty nation; I the LORD will hasten it in its time.

LXXE

The little one shall become thousands, and the least a great nation; I the Lord will gather them in due time.Or, people few in number.

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Original-language editions

WLC

הַקָּטֹן֙ יִֽהְיֶ֣ה לָאֶ֔לֶף וְהַצָּעִ֖יר לְג֣וֹי עָצ֑וּם אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה בְּעִתָּ֥הּ אֲחִישֶֽׁנָּה׃

LXX-Br

Ὁ ὀλιγοστὸς ἔσται εἰς χιλιάδας, καὶ ὁ ἐλάχιστος εἰς ἔθνος μέγα· ἐγὼ Κύριος κατὰ καιρὸν συνάξω αὐτούς.

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• Habakkuk 2:3For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
• Hebrews 10:36You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
• Luke 18:7Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?
• Matthew 13:31–32He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field. Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a…
• 2 Peter 3:8Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
• Isaiah 66:8Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.
• Isaiah 5:19to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”
• Revelation 7:9After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in…
• Acts 5:14Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.
• Daniel 2:44In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself…
• Acts 2:41Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
• Daniel 2:35Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the…

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