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David’s Psalms of Thanksgiving

1 Chronicles 16:19

In 11 translations

BSB
When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
KJV
When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.few, even: Heb. men of number, etc
WEB
when you were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
ASV
When ye were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it;
LSV
When you were few in number, || As a little thing, and sojourners in it.
YLT
When ye are few of number, As a little thing, and sojourners in it.
DBY
When ye were a few men in number, Of small account, and strangers in it.
DRC
When they were but a small number: very few and sojourners in it.
GNV
When ye were fewe in number, yea, a very fewe, and strangers therein,
JPS
When ye were but a few men in number, yea, very few, and sojourners in it,
LXXE
when they were few in number, when they were but little, and dwelt as strangers in it;

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Original-language editions

WLC
בִּֽהְיֽוֹתְכֶם֙ מְתֵ֣י מִסְפָּ֔ר כִּמְעַ֖ט וְגָרִ֥ים בָּֽהּ׃
LXX-Br
Ἐν τῷ γενέσθαι αὐτοὺς ὀλιγοστοὺς ἀριθμῷ, ὡς ἐσμικρύνθησαν, καὶ παρῴκησαν ἐν αὐτῇ,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 7:7The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
  • Genesis 34:30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and…
  • Hebrews 11:13All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
  • Acts 7:5He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.

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