Deuteronomy 32:8 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) When the Elyon 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 Yisra'el. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
To `Ever were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother's name was Yoktan.
Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.
saying, I will you give the land of Kena`an, The lot of your inheritance,
to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them):
The heavens are the heavens of the LORD; but the earth has he given to the children of men.
Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Elyon.
I will give thanks to the LORD according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Elyon.
You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.
He who dwells in the secret place of the Elyon will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds! I will make myself like the Elyon!*
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 Elyon rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whoever he will, and sets up over it the lowest of men.
You king, the El `Elyon gave Nevukhadnetzar 1 your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:
Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot in the assembly of the LORD.
For from the top of the rocks I see him, From the hills I see him: behold, it is a people that dwells alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.
he says, who hears the words of God, knows the knowledge of the Elyon, and who sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open:
He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,
However, the Elyon doesn't dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
Yisra'el dwells in safety; the fountain of Ya`akov alone, In a land of grain and new wine. Yes, his heavens drop down dew.