1 Chronicles 16:19
What does 1 Chronicles 16:19 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 16:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000When ye were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it;
KJV
King James Version · 1611When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901When ye were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949When you were still small in number, and strange in the land;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862When ye are few of number, As a little thing, and sojourners in it.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752When they were but a small number: very few and sojourners in it.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890When ye were a few men in number, Of small account, and strangers in it.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 34:30
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
- Hebrews 11:13
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
- Deuteronomy 7:7
Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples:
- Acts 7:5
and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
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