they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
Parallel translations
- WEB They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
- KJV And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;
- NKJV When they went from one nation to another, And from one kingdom to another people,
- NASB And they wandered from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people,
- NLT They wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
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Quick answer
They wandered from nation to nation and kingdom to kingdom. The patriarchs were pilgrims, yet God watched over them.
Overview
The psalm pictures the patriarchs as wanderers among foreign peoples, lacking a settled home of their own. Their pilgrim status highlights their dependence on God's protection and promise. Their journey models the faith of those who, as Hebrews says, seek a better, heavenly country, fulfilled for believers in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Gen 46:3“I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
- Gen 46:6They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.
- Gen 20:1Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
- Gen 12:10Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
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