1 Chronicles 16:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁹ When they were few in number, of little account, and strangers in the land,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ When ye were but few, Even a few, and strangers in it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ When they were but few, even a very few, and only temporary residents and strangers in it,

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁹ When they were few in number— insignificant, just immigrants—

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ At that time, they were small in number, they were few and were settlers there.

1 Chronicles 16:19 Cross References

Genesis 34:30

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites; my numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household.”

Deuteronomy 7:7

“It was not because you were more numerous than any other people that the Lord set his heart on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples.

Hebrews 11:13

All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth,

Acts 7:5

He did not give him any of it as a heritage, not even a foot’s length, but promised to give it to him as his possession and to his descendants after him, even though he had no child.

1 Chronicles 16:20

wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people,