Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
When they were {few in number}-- a trifle--and [were] sojourners in it,
New American Standard Bible
Very few, and
King James Version
When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
Holman Bible
very few indeed,
and temporary residents in Canaan,
International Standard Version
When the Hebrews were few in number so very few and were sojourners in it,
A Conservative Version
when they were but a few men in number, yea, very few, and sojourners in it.
American Standard Version
When they were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it.
Amplified
When there were only a few men in number,
Very few [in fact], and strangers in it;
Bible in Basic English
When they were still small in number, and strange in the land;
Darby Translation
When they were a few men in number, of small account, and strangers in it.
Julia Smith Translation
In their being men of number, as few and strangers in it.
King James 2000
When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
Modern King James verseion
when they were a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When there was yet but a few of them - and they strangers in the land -
NET Bible
When they were few in number, just a very few, and resident aliens within it,
New Heart English Bible
when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
The Emphasized Bible
While as yet they were men easily counted, - A very few, and sojourners therein;
Webster
When they were a few men in number; yes, very few, and strangers in it.
World English Bible
when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
Youngs Literal Translation
In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 105:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise To Yahweh For His Work On Behalf Of Israel
11 saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan [as] the allotment [that is] your inheritance." 12 When they were {few in number}-- a trifle--and [were] sojourners in it, 13 and they wandered about {among the nations}, from [one] kingdom to another people,
Cross References
Genesis 34:30
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me, making me stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites! I [am] few in number! If they gather against me and attack me, I will be destroyed--I and my household!"
Deuteronomy 7:7
"Yahweh loved you and chose you not {because of your great number} exceeding all [other] peoples, for you [are] fewer than all of the peoples,
Hebrews 11:9
By faith he lived in the land of promise as a stranger, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs of the same promise.
Genesis 23:4
"I [am] a stranger and an alien among you; give to me {my own burial site} among you so that I may bury my dead from before me.
Deuteronomy 26:5
And {you shall declare} and you shall say {before} your God, 'My ancestor [was] a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt, and there he dwelt as an alien {few in number}, and there he became a great nation, mighty and numerous.
Genesis 17:8
And I will give to you and to your offspring after you {the land in which you are living as an alien}, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting property. And I will be to them as God."
Isaiah 51:2
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah; she brought you forth. For I called him {alone}, but I blessed him and made him numerous."
Ezekiel 33:24-33
"Son of man, the inhabitants of these ruins on the soil of Israel [are] saying, 'Abraham was one [man], and he took possession of the land, and we [are] many; the land has been given for us as possession.'
Acts 7:5
And he did not give him an inheritance in it--not even a footstep--and he promised to give [it] to him for his possession, and to his descendants after him, {although he did not have} a child.
Hebrews 11:12
And therefore these were fathered from one man, and [he] being as good as dead, as the stars of heaven in number and like the innumerable sand by the shore of the sea.