Psalms 105:12

105:11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: lot: Heb. cord

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

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

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

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

105:13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;

What does Psalms 105:12 mean?

Psalms 105:12 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מַת (math), מִסְפָּר (miçpâr), מְעַט (mᵉʻaṭ).

Hebrew interlinear

When

they

were

but

few

menמַתmath/math/H4962properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural)

number;מִסְפָּרmiçpâr/mis-pawr'/H4557a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration

yea,

very

few,מְעַטmᵉʻaṭ/meh-at'/H4592a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)

and

strangersגּוּרgûwr/goor/H1481properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid)

it.

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 105:12.

Deuteronomy 26:5

And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

Deuteronomy 28:62

And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.

Genesis 34:30

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

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What does Psalms 105:12 say?

Psalms 105:12 (King James Version) reads: "When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it."

Is Psalms 105:12 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 105:12 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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