Psalms 105:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Gen 34:30 : 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
Deut 7:7 : 7 Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples:
Heb 11:9 : 9 By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a [land] not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
Gen 23:4 : 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Deut 26:5 : 5 And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
Isa 51:2 : 2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.
Ezek 33:24-33 : 24 Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance. 25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes unto your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land? 26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbor's wife: and shall ye possess the land? 27 Thus shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely they that are in the waste places shall fall by the sword; and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured; and they that are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. 28 And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment; and the pride of her power shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, so that none shall pass through. 29 Then shall they know that I am Jehovah, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they have committed. 30 And as for thee, son of man, the children of thy people talk of thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from Jehovah. 31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but do them not; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their gain. 32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear thy words, but they do them not. 33 And when this cometh to pass, (behold, it cometh,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.
Acts 7:5 : 5 and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.
Gen 17:8 : 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Heb 11:12 : 12 wherefore also there sprang of one, and him as good as dead, [so many] as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand, which is by the {G2281} sea-shore, innumerable.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Chr 16:18-20
3 verses
90%
18Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;
19When ye were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it;
20And they went about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people.
Ps 105:13
79%
13And they went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.
Ps 105:11
75%
11Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;
Exod 6:4
71%
4And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.
Acts 7:5-6
2 verses
71%
5and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.
6And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years.
Deut 4:27
71%
27And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah shall lead you away.
Ps 107:4
70%
4They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; They found no city of habitation.
Job 15:19
70%
19Unto whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them):
Gen 15:13
69%
13And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
Ps 114:1
69%
1When Israel went forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
Deut 26:5
69%
5And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
Heb 11:9
68%
9By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a [land] not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
Acts 7:17
68%
17But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
Ps 105:23-24
2 verses
68%
23Israel also came into Egypt; And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24And he increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries.
Deut 10:19
68%
19Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
Num 13:18
68%
18and see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;
Ps 78:55
68%
55He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Neh 9:23
68%
23Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land concerning which thou didst say to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
Ps 107:39
68%
39Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
Gen 37:1
68%
1And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan.
1 Chr 29:15
68%
15For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.
Exod 1:7
68%
7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
Gen 47:27
68%
27And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they gat them possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.
Deut 10:22
67%
22Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now Jehovah thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Deut 28:62
67%
62And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.
Exod 32:13
67%
13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
Ps 105:44
67%
44And he gave them the lands of the nations; And they took the labor of the peoples in possession:
Gen 36:7
67%
7For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of their cattle.
Deut 32:8
67%
8When 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.
Exod 23:30
67%
30By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
1 Sam 12:8
67%
8When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto Jehovah, then Jehovah sent Moses and Aaron, who brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place.
Gen 13:6
67%
6And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
Num 32:16
67%
16And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
Ps 105:17
67%
17He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:
Deut 7:7
67%
7Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples:
Exod 1:10
67%
10come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.
Gen 12:6
67%
6And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
Deut 1:10
67%
10Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Deut 29:16
66%
16(for ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which ye passed;
Ps 135:12
66%
12And gave their land for a heritage, A heritage unto Israel his people.
Heb 11:13
66%
13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Gen 42:12
66%
12And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
Num 20:15
66%
15how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers:
Ezek 33:24
66%
24Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
Isa 34:17
66%
17And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever; from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
Lam 5:2
66%
2Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, Our houses unto aliens.