Parallel Verses
Amplified
When you were few in number,
Even a very few, and strangers in it,
New American Standard Bible
Very few, and strangers in it,
King James Version
When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
Holman Bible
very few indeed,
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;
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.
NET Bible
When they were few in number, just a very few, and foreign residents within it,
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.
Themes
isaac » The miraculous son of abraham » Abrahamic covenant confirmed in
Praise » Of david » On bringing the ark of the covenant to zion
Psalms » Of david » Upon the occasion of moving the ark of the covenant
Interlinear
Micpar
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Chronicles 16:19
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 possession and inheritance.”
When you were few in number,
Even a very few, and strangers in it,
When they wandered from nation to nation,
And from one kingdom to another people,
Names
Cross References
Genesis 34:30
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have ruined me, making me a stench to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites! My men are few in number, and the men of the land will band together against me and attack me; I shall be destroyed, I and my household.”
Deuteronomy 7:7
“The Lord did not love you and choose you because you were greater in number than any of the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
Acts 7:5
But He did not give him inheritable property, not even enough ground to take a step on, yet He promised that He would give it to Him as a possession, and to his descendants after him.
Hebrews 11:13
All these died in faith [guided and sustained by it], without receiving the [tangible fulfillment of God’s] promises, only having seen (anticipated) them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.