Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
When you were few in number very few, and strangers at that
New American Standard Bible
Very few, and strangers in it,
King James Version
When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
Holman Bible
very few indeed,
A Conservative Version
when ye were but a few men in number, yea, very few, and sojourners in it,
American Standard Version
When ye were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it;
Amplified
When you were few in number,
Even a very few, and strangers in it,
Bible in Basic English
When you were still small in number, and strange in the land;
Darby Translation
When ye were a few men in number, Of small account, and strangers in it.
Julia Smith Translation
In your being men of number, as few, and strangers in it.
King James 2000
When you were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
When you were few in number, little, and sojourners [were] in it,
Modern King James verseion
when you were but few, even a few, and strangers in it,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When you were a small company in number, even but a few, and thereto strangers therein.
NET Bible
When they were few in number, just a very few, and foreign residents within it,
New Heart English Bible
when you were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners were in it.
The Emphasized Bible
While, as yet, ye were men who could be counted, a very few, and sojourners therein:
Webster
When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
World English Bible
when you were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners were in it.
Youngs Literal Translation
When ye are few of number, As a little thing, and sojourners in it.
Themes
isaac » The miraculous son of abraham » Abrahamic covenant confirmed in
Praise » Of david » On bringing the ark of the covenant to zion
Psalms » Of david » Upon the occasion of moving the ark of the covenant
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Chronicles 16:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
David's Psalm Of Thanksgiving
18 when he told Israel, "To you I will give the land of Canaan as your joyful inheritance." 19 When you were few in number very few, and strangers at that 20 wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another,
Names
Cross References
Genesis 34:30
Then Jacob told Simeon and Levi, "You have certainly stirred up trouble for me! You've made me despised by the Canaanites and the Perizzites who live in this territory. Because I have only a few men with me, they're going to gather themselves together and attack me until I am totally destroyed, along with my entire household!"
Deuteronomy 7:7
"It wasn't because you were more numerous than other people of the earth that the LORD committed himself to you and chose you. In fact, you were the least numerous of all the nations.
Acts 7:5
God gave him no property here, not even a foot of land, yet he promised to give it to him and to his descendants after him as a permanent possession, even though he had no child.
Hebrews 11:13
All these people died having faith. They did not receive the things that were promised, yet they saw them in the distant future and welcomed them, acknowledging that they were strangers and foreigners on earth.