Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
The Most High distributing the nations, In his dispersing the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the sons of Israel.
New American Standard Bible
When He separated the sons of
He set the boundaries of the peoples
King James Version
When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Holman Bible
and divided the human race,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
according to the number of the people of Israel.
International Standard Version
When the Most High gave nations as their inheritance, when he separated the human race, he set boundaries for the people according to the number of the children of God.
A Conservative Version
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.
American Standard Version
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
Amplified
“When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,
When He separated the sons of man,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
According to the number of the sons of Israel.
Bible in Basic English
When the Most High gave the nations their heritage, separating into groups the children of men, he had the limits of the peoples marked out, keeping in mind the number of the children of Israel.
Darby Translation
When the Most High assigned to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
King James 2000
When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{When the Most High apportioned} [the] nations, at his dividing [up] of the sons of humankind, he fixed the boundaries of [the] peoples, according to the number of the children of Israel.
Modern King James verseion
When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when He separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the people according to the number of the sons of Israel.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When the most highest gave the nations an inheritance, and divided the sons of Adam, he put the borders of the nations fast by the multitude of the children of Israel.
NET Bible
When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided up humankind, he set the boundaries of the peoples, according to the number of the heavenly assembly.
New Heart English Bible
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.
The Emphasized Bible
When the Most High gave inheritances unto the nations, When he spread abroad the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples, According to the number of the sons of Israel.
Webster
When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
World English Bible
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.
Youngs Literal Translation
In the Most High causing nations to inherit, In His separating sons of Adam -- He setteth up the borders of the peoples By the number of the sons of Israel.
Themes
Adam » The first man. Creation of » Progenitor of the human race
Dispersion » Of the nations after the flood
Topics
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Nachal
Nachal
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 32:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Moses' Song
7 Remember the days of eternity; Discern the years of generation and generation: Ask thy father, and he will announce to thee; Thy old men, and they shall say to thee. 8 The Most High distributing the nations, In his dispersing the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the sons of Israel. 9 For Jehovah the portion of his people; Jacob the cord of his inheritance.
Phrases
Cross References
Acts 17:26
And he made of one blood every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, having limited the times before arranged, and the bounds of their habitation;
Genesis 10:15
And Caanan will beget Sidon, his first-born, and Heth,
Genesis 10:25
And to Eber shall be born two sons: the name of the latter, Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and the name of his brother, Joktan.
Genesis 11:8-9
And Jehovah will disperse them from thence over the face of all the earth: and they will cease to build the city.
Genesis 15:18-21
In that day Jehovah cut out a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed gave I this land from the river of Egypt, to the great river, the river Euphrates:
Numbers 24:16
He said, hearing the sayings of God, honoring the knowledge of the Most High, he will see the vision of the Almighty, falling, and the eyes being uncovered:
Psalm 7:17
I will confess to Jehovah according to his justice: and I will play on the harp to the name of Jehovah most high.
Psalm 50:14
Sacrifice to God thanksgiving, and repay thy vows to the Most High:
Psalm 82:6
I said, Ye are gods; and the sons of the Most High all of you.
Psalm 91:1
He dwelling in the covering of the Most High, in the shadow of the Almighty shall he lodge.
Psalm 92:8
And thou being high, O Jehovah, forever.
Psalm 115:16
The heavens of heavens to Jehovah, and he gave the earth to the sons of man.
Isaiah 14:14
I will go up upon the heights of the cloud: I will become like the Most High.
Daniel 4:17
The word by the decree of the watchers, and the saying of the holy ones is the question: for the reason that the living shall know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and to whom that he will, he will give it, and he will raise up over it the low of men.
Daniel 5:18
Thou, O king, God most high gave a kingdom and greatness and honor and splendor to Nebuchadnezzar thy father:
Acts 7:48
But the Highest dwells not in temples made by hands; as says the prophet,