1 Chronicles 16:20

What does 1 Chronicles 16:20 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 16:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

When they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And they go up and down, From nation unto nation, And from a kingdom unto another people.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And they passed from nation to nation: and from a kingdom to another people.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.19When ye were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it;

v.20This passage

v.21He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 46:6

    And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:

  • Genesis 12:10

    And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land.

  • Genesis 46:3

    And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

  • Genesis 20:1

    And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.

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