Psalm 105:12 “When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,”

Psalm 105:12

When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

World English Bible

when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.

American Standard Version

When they were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it.

Geneva Bible 1599

Albeit they were fewe in nomber, yea, very fewe, and strangers in the land,

Darby Translation

When they were a few men in number, of small account, and strangers in it.

Young's Literal Translation

In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it.

Bible in Basic English

When they were still small in number, and strange in the land;

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Cross references

“a few”

Genesis 34:30 Deuteronomy 7:7 Deuteronomy 26:5 Isaiah 51:2 Ezekiel 33:24–33

Genesis 34:30 · BSB

Then 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 m…

Deuteronomy 7:7 · BSB

The 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.

Deuteronomy 26:5 · BSB

and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.

Isaiah 51:2 · BSB

Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.

Ezekiel 33:24–33 · BSB

“Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’

“and strangers”

Hebrews 11:9 Genesis 23:4 Genesis 17:8 Acts 7:5 Hebrews 11:12

Hebrews 11:9 · BSB

By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

Genesis 23:4 · BSB

“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”

Genesis 17:8 · BSB

And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”

Acts 7:5 · BSB

He 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.

Hebrews 11:12 · BSB

And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11“I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”

13they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

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