1 Chronicles 16 · Verse 20

1 Chronicles 16:20

And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;
1 Chronicles 16:20, King James Version

1 Chronicles 16:20 in other translations

BSBthey wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
WEBThey went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
ASVAnd they went about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people.
YLTAnd they go up and down, From nation unto nation, And from a kingdom unto another people.
DARBYAnd they went from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people.
BBEWhen they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people;
WebsterAnd when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;

What does 1 Chronicles 16:20 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 16:7-36

Let God be glorified in our praises. Let others be edified and taught, that strangers to him may be led to adore him. Let us ourselves triumph and trust in God. Those that give glory to God's name are allowed to glory in it. Let the everlasting covenant be the great matter of our joy his people of old, be remembered by us with thankfulness to him. Show forth from day to day his salvation, his promised salvation by…

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1 Chronicles 16:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּֽתְהַלְּכוּ֙vai.yit.ha.le.Khuand they went aboutH1980
מִגּ֣וֹיmi.Goyfrom nationH1471
אֶל\־'el-toH413
גּ֔וֹיGoynationH1471
וּמִמַּמְלָכָ֖הu.mi.mam.la.Khahand from a kingdomH4467
אֶל\־'el-toH413
עַ֥ם'ama peopleH5971
אַחֵֽר\׃'a.CheranotherH312

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 16:20

  • Genesis 46:3

    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:

  • Genesis 46:6

    And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
they went.
Ge 12:10; 20:1; 46:3,6

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 16:19

    When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:20

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

  • 1 Chronicles 16:21

    He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

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1 Chronicles 16:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y andaban de nación en nación, y de un reino á otro pueblo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils allaient de nation en nation, et d’un royaume vers un autre peuple.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie wanderten von Nation zu Nation und von einem Reiche zu einem anderen Volke.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et transierunt de gente in gentem, et de regno ad populum alterum.