Verse 12

When they were few in number, very few, and strangers in the land.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Da de var få i antall, svært få, og bodde som fremmede der.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Da de ennå var få i antall, bare noen få, fremmede der.

• Norsk King James

  Da de bare var få i antall, ja, svært få, og fremmede der.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da de var få i antall, bare noen få utlendinger der.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Da de var få i antall, få og fremmede i landet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da de var få i antall, ja, veldig få, og fremmede der.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da de var bare noen få, svært få, og fremmede i det.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Da de var få i antall, ja, veldig få, og fremmede der.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Da de var få i antall, et lite tall og fremmede der.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Da de var få i tall, svært få, og fremmede i landet.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  der de vare en liden (Hob) Folk, ja faa og fremmede deri.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Den gang de var få i antall, ja, meget få, og fremmede der.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

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

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Da de var bare få i antall, ja, meget få, og fremmede i det.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Da de var få i antall, Bare noen få, og fremmede der.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Da de var få i tall, Ja, svært få, og fremmede der.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Da de ennå var få i antall, og fremmede i landet;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  When there was yet but a fewe of them, and they straungers therin.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

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

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  When they were a fewe men in number, and had ben straungers but a litle whyle in it:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When they were but a few men in number, Yes, very few, and foreigners in it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When they were few in number, just a very few, and resident foreigners within it,

Referenced Verses

• Gen 34:30 : 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. We are few in number. If they join forces against me and attack me, my household and I will be destroyed."
• Deut 7:7 : 7 The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
• Heb 11:9 : 9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.
• Gen 23:4 : 4 “I am a foreigner and a sojourner among you. Give me a burial site among you so I can bury my dead out of my sight.”
• Deut 26:5 : 5 And you shall declare before the LORD your God, 'My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner with only a few people. But there he became a great nation, powerful and numerous.'
• Isa 51:2 : 2 Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave birth to you. When I called him, he was one person, and I blessed him and made him many.
• Ezek 33:24-33 : 24 Son of man, the people living in these ruins in the land of Israel are saying, 'Abraham was only one man, yet he inherited the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.' 25 Therefore, say to them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: You eat meat with the blood still in it, you look to your idols, and you shed blood. Should you then possess the land?' 26 You rely on your swords, you commit detestable acts, and each of you defiles his neighbor's wife. Should you then possess the land? 27 Tell them this: 'This is what the Lord GOD says: As surely as I live, those who are in the ruins will fall by the sword, those who are in the open field I will give to wild animals to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and caves will die of plague.' 28 I will make the land a desolate waste, and its proud strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, with no one passing through. 29 Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I make the land a desolate waste because of all the detestable things they have done. 30 As for you, son of man, the people of your nation are talking about you near the walls and at the doorways of their houses. They are saying to one another, each to their brother, 'Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD.' 31 They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. With their mouths they express love, but their hearts pursue unjust gain. 32 Indeed, to them you are like someone who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and plays the instrument well. They listen to your words, but they do not put them into practice. 33 When it happens—and behold, it will happen—they will know that a prophet was among them.
• Acts 7:5 : 5 But God gave him no inheritance here, not even enough ground to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him as a possession and to his descendants after him, even though at that time Abraham had no child.
• Gen 17:8 : 8 And I will give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are now living as a foreigner—all the land of Canaan—as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
• Heb 11:12 : 12 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.