1 Chronicles 16:20
New International Version
they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

New Living Translation
They wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

English Standard Version
wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people,

Berean Standard Bible
they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

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

New King James Version
When they went from one nation to another, And from one kingdom to another people,

New American Standard Bible
And they wandered from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people,

NASB 1995
And they wandered about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people,

NASB 1977
And they wandered about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people,

Legacy Standard Bible
And they wandered about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people,

Amplified Bible
When they wandered from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people,

Christian Standard Bible
wandering from nation to nation and from one kingdom to another,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
wandering from nation to nation and from one kingdom to another,

American Standard Version
And they went about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And you were taken captive from nation to nation, and from kingdom to another kingdom.’

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.

Contemporary English Version
We wandered from nation to nation, from one country to another.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they passed from nation to nation: and from a kingdom to another people.

English Revised Version
And they went about from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
they wandered from nation to nation and from one kingdom to another.

Good News Translation
They wandered from country to country, from one kingdom to another.

International Standard Version
wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another,

JPS Tanakh 1917
And when they went about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people,

Literal Standard Version
And they go up and down, | From nation to nation, | And from a kingdom to another people.

Majority Standard Bible
they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

New American Bible
Wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another,

NET Bible
they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another.

New Revised Standard Version
wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people,

New Heart English Bible
They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;

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

Young's Literal Translation
And they go up and down, From nation unto nation, And from a kingdom unto another people.

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Context
David's Psalm of Thanksgiving
19When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land, 20they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. 21He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:…

Cross References
1 Chronicles 16:19
When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,

1 Chronicles 16:21
He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:


Treasury of Scripture

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

they went

Genesis 12:10
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

Genesis 20:1
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

Genesis 46:3,6
And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: …

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(20) And when they went from nation to nation.--And they went. This shows that the third plural ("when they were") is original in the last verse. The reference is to the wanderings of the patriarchs.

And from one kingdom.--The conjunction is prosaic, and is not read in Psalm 105:13.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
they wandered
וַיִּֽתְהַלְּכוּ֙ (way·yiṯ·hal·lə·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

from nation
מִגּ֣וֹי (mig·gō·w)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

nation
גּ֔וֹי (gō·w)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

from [one] kingdom
וּמִמַּמְלָכָ֖ה (ū·mim·mam·lā·ḵāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4467: Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

another.
אַחֵֽר׃ (’a·ḥêr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 312: Hinder, next, other


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