King James Version
Psalms 105:12 in the King James Version says “When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 105 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.”
Psalms 105:12 · KJV
And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
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.
When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“When they were but a few men”
H4962properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural)
“in number”
H4557a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
“and strangers”
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);
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