Parallel Verses

NET Bible

When they were few in number, just a very few, and foreign residents within it,

New American Standard Bible

When they were only a few in number,
Very few, and strangers in it,

King James Version

When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.

Holman Bible

When they were few in number,
very few indeed, and temporary residents in Canaan

International Standard Version

When you were few in number very few, and strangers at that

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
When ye were but few
מספּר 
Micpar 
Usage: 132

even a few
מעט מעט 
M@`at 
Usage: 101

Verse Info

Context Readings

David's Psalm Of Thanksgiving

18 saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance." 19 When they were few in number, just a very few, and foreign residents within it, 20 they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another.

Cross References

Genesis 34:30

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought ruin on me by making me a foul odor among the inhabitants of the land -- among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number; they will join forces against me and attack me, and both I and my family will be destroyed!"

Deuteronomy 7:7

It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the Lord favored and chose you -- for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.

Acts 7:5

He did not give any of it to him for an inheritance, not even a foot of ground, yet God promised to give it to him as his possession, and to his descendants after him, even though Abraham as yet had no child.

Hebrews 11:13

These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.

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