Deuteronomy 32:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the people According to the number of the children of Israel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when He separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the Israelites.

American Standard Version (1901)

When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.

Common English Bible

When God Most High divided up the nations— when he divided up humankind— he decided the people’s boundaries based on the number of the gods.

Catholic Public Domain Version

When the Most High divided the nations, when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed the limits of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

When the Most High divided the nations, when he separated the sons of Adam: he appointed the bounds of people according to the number of the children of Israel.

Deuteronomy 32:8 Cross References

Genesis 10:15

And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth;

Genesis 10:25

And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.

Genesis 10:5

Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue; after their families, in their nations.

1 Chronicles 16:18

Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

Job 15:19

Unto whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them:)

Psalm 115:16

The heavens are the heavens of the LORD; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.

Psalm 50:14

Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; And pay thy vows unto the Most High:

Psalm 7:17

I will give thanks unto the LORD according to his righteousness: And will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

Psalm 74:17

Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter.

Psalm 82:6

I said, Ye are gods, And all of you sons of the Most High.

Psalm 91:1

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalm 92:8

But thou, O LORD, art on high for evermore.

Isaiah 14:14

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.

Daniel 4:17

The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the lowest of men.

Daniel 5:18

O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:

Micah 2:5

Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the line by lot in the congregation of the LORD.

Numbers 23:9

For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: Lo, it is a people that dwell alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.

Numbers 24:16

He saith, which heareth the words of God, And knoweth the knowledge of the Most High, Which seeth the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open:

Acts 17:26

and he made of one every nation of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;

Acts 7:48

Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in houses made with hands; as saith the prophet,

Deuteronomy 33:28

And Israel dwelleth in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of corn and wine; Yea, his heavens drop down dew.