Deuteronomy 32:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.”

Deuteronomy 32:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Deuteronomy 32:8 in 6 Bible Translations

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Deuteronomy 32:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.”

Deuteronomy 32:8 — World English Bible

Deuteronomy 32:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel. ”

Deuteronomy 32:8 — American Standard Version

Deuteronomy 32:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“In the Most High causing nations to inherit, In His separating sons of Adam--He setteth up the borders of the peoples By the number of the sons of Israel.”

Deuteronomy 32:8 — Young's Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 32:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“When the Most High assigned to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel. ”

Deuteronomy 32:8 — Darby Translation

Deuteronomy 32:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“When the most hie God deuided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sonnes of Adam, he appoynted the borders of the people, according to the nomber of the children of Israel.”

Deuteronomy 32:8 — Geneva Bible

Deuteronomy 32:8 in Context — Deuteronomy 32

6 Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?

7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

8 When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

9 For the Lord’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

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What Does Deuteronomy 32:8 Mean?

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