Psalms 105:13

105:12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

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

KJV

They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.

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

105:14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

What does Psalms 105:13 mean?

Psalms 105:13 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include הָלַךְ (hâlak), גּוֹי (gôwy), מַמְלָכָה (mamlâkâh).

Hebrew interlinear

When

they

wentהָלַךְhâlak/haw-lak'/H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

from

one

nationגּוֹיgôwy/go'-ee/H1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

another,

from

one

kingdomמַמְלָכָהmamlâkâh/mam-law-kaw'/H4467dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)

anotherאַחֵרʼachêr/akh-air'/H312properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.

people;עַםʻam/am/H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 105:13.

1 Chronicles 16:20

And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;

1 Kings 18:10

As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.

1 Samuel 8:5

And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

2 Chronicles 20:6

And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?

2 Samuel 7:23

And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 105:13 say?

Psalms 105:13 (King James Version) reads: "When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;"

Is Psalms 105:13 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 105:13 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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