1 Chronicles 16:20

20 they[a] wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

1 Chronicles 16:20 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
20 And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;
English Standard Version (ESV)
20 wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people,
New Living Translation (NLT)
20 They wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
The Message Bible (MSG)
20 They wandered from country to country, camped out in one kingdom after another;
American Standard Version (ASV)
20 And they went about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
20 they wandered from nation to nation and from one kingdom to another.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
20 wandering from nation to nation and from one kingdom to another,
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
20 They wandered from nation to nation. They wandered from one kingdom to another.

1 Chronicles 16:20 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 16:20

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 16:7)

1 Chronicles 16:20 In-Context

18 “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit.”
19 When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it,
20 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
21 He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:
22 “Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.”

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Genesis 20:13

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint and Vulgate (see also Psalm 105:12); most Hebrew manuscripts "inherit," / 19"though you are but few in number," / "few indeed, and strangers in it.”" / 20"They"
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