Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
when they were a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers 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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
When they were {few in number}-- a trifle--and [were] sojourners 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, the lot of your inheritance; 12 when they were a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. 13 When they went from one nation to another, from a kingdom to another people,
Cross References
Genesis 34:30
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have troubled me, to make me stink among those who live in the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. And I, being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and kill me. And I shall be destroyed, my house and I.
Deuteronomy 7:7
Jehovah did not set His love upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people, for you were the fewest of all people.
Hebrews 11:9
By faith he lived in the land of promise as a stranger, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs of the same promise with him.
Genesis 23:4
I am a stranger and a visitor with you. Give me a possession of a burying place with you, so that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Deuteronomy 26:5
And you shall speak and say before Jehovah your God, My father was a Syrian ready to perish. And he went down to Egypt, and stayed there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and many.
Genesis 17:8
And I will give the land to you in which you are a stranger, and to your seed after you, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. And I will be their God.
Isaiah 51:2
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
Ezekiel 33:24-33
Son of man, those who live in those wastes of the land of Israel are speaking, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land. But we are many; the land is given to us for inheritance.
Acts 7:5
And He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not even a foot-breadth. And He promised that He would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, there being no child to him.
Hebrews 11:12
Because of this came into being from one, and that of one having died, even as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.