Exodus 6:4
What does Exodus 6:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 6:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And I made an agreement with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their wanderings.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and also I have established My covenant with them, to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they have sojourned;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And I made a covenant with them, to give them the land of Chanaan, the land of their pilgrimage wherein they were strangers.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I established also my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were sojourners.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 17:7
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.
- Genesis 6:18
But I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
- Genesis 15:13
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
- 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.
- Psalms 105:12
When they were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it.
- Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
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