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 · 2000

When ye were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

When ye were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

When you were still small in number, and strange in the land;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

When ye are few of number, As a little thing, and sojourners in it.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

When they were but a small number: very few and sojourners in it.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

When ye were a few men in number, Of small account, and strangers in it.

Context

v.18Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;

v.19This passage

v.20And they went about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people.

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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