Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

When they were but a few men in number; yea, very 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 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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

When they were {few in number}-- a trifle--and [were] sojourners 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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
When they were but a few men
מת 
Math 
Usage: 21

in number
מספּר 
Micpar 
Usage: 132

מעט מעט 
M@`at 
Usage: 101

Verse Info

Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Work On Behalf Of Israel

11 He said: I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance to you. 12 When they were only a few men in number,
Very few, and strangers in it.
13 They went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people.

Cross References

Genesis 34:30

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: You have brought trouble on me by making me loathsome to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Per'izzites. My numbers are few. If they gather themselves against me and attack my household I will be destroyed.

Deuteronomy 7:7

Jehovah set his heart on you. He chose you, even though you did not outnumber all the other people. You were the smallest of all nations.

Hebrews 11:9

By faith he became an alien in the Promised Land. It was not his land. He lived in tents with Isaac and Jacob. They were heirs with him of the same promise.

Genesis 23:4

He said: I am a stranger with no permanent home. Let me have some of your property for a tomb that I can bury my dead wife.

Deuteronomy 26:5

Answer before Jehovah your God: 'My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and traveled there. They were few in number but he became a great, mighty and populous nation.

Genesis 17:8

The whole land of Canaan, where you are now a guest (alien) (foreigner) (stranger), I will give a long lasting possession to you and your descendants after you. I will be their God.

Isaiah 51:2

Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth. When I called him he was only one. I blessed him and made him many.

Ezekiel 33:24-33

Son of man, those who live in the ruined cities in Israel are saying: 'Abraham was only one person, and he was given the land. But we are many. Certainly the land has been given to us.'

Acts 7:5

He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. Yet he promised that he would give it to him and his seed after him for a possession. This promise was made before he had a child.

Hebrews 11:12

This was to come from one man and him as good as dead. There were born children, as many as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as uncountable as the sand by the seashore.

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