Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind, he set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel. New Living Translation When the Most High assigned lands to the nations, when he divided up the human race, he established the boundaries of the peoples according to the number in his heavenly court. English Standard Version When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God. Berean Standard Bible When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God. King James Bible 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. New King James Version When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations, When He separated the sons of Adam, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel. New American Standard Bible “When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, When He separated the sons of mankind, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the sons of Israel. NASB 1995 “When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, When He separated the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the sons of Israel. NASB 1977 “When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, When He separated the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the sons of Israel. Legacy Standard Bible When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, When He separated the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the sons of Israel. Amplified Bible “When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, When He separated the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the sons of Israel. Christian Standard Bible When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance and divided the human race, he set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the people of Israel. Holman Christian Standard Bible When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance and divided the human race, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the people of Israel. American Standard Version 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. Contemporary English Version that God Most High gave land to every nation. He assigned a guardian angel to each of them, English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation When the Most High gave nations their land, when he divided the descendants of Adam, he set up borders for the tribes corresponding to the number of the sons of Israel. Good News Translation The Most High assigned nations their lands; he determined where peoples should live. He assigned to each nation a heavenly being, International Standard Version When the Most High gave nations as their inheritance, when he separated the human race, he set boundaries for the people according to the number of the children of God. Majority Standard Bible When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God. NET Bible When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided up humankind, he set the boundaries of the peoples, according to the number of the heavenly assembly. New Heart English Bible When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided humankind, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of God. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIn the Most High causing nations to inherit, "" In His separating sons of Adam—He sets up the borders of the peoples "" By the number of the sons of God [[or sons of Israel]]. Young's Literal Translation 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. Smith's Literal Translation The Most High distributing the nations, In his dispersing the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the sons of Israel. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWhen the Most High divided the nations: when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed the bounds of people according to the number of the children of Israel. Catholic Public Domain Version When the Most High divided the nations, when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed the limits of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel. New American Bible When the Most High allotted each nation its heritage, when he separated out human beings, He set up the boundaries of the peoples after the number of the divine beings; New Revised Standard Version When the Most High apportioned the nations, when he divided humankind, he fixed the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the gods; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWhen the Most High divided the nations, when he separated mankind, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated When The Highest divides the nations and when He separates the children of men, He sets the borders of the nations to the number of the sons of Israel. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917When the Most High gave to the nations When He separated the children of men, He set the borders of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel. Brenton Septuagint Translation When the Most High divided the nations, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the nations according to the number of the angels of God. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Song of Moses…7Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you. 8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God. 9But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.… Cross References Acts 17:26 From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands. Genesis 10:32 All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood. Genesis 11:8-9 So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city. / That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth. Psalm 74:17 You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter. Psalm 115:16 The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind. Job 12:23 He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them. Daniel 4:35 All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’” Isaiah 45:12 It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host. Isaiah 40:22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. Jeremiah 27:5 By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please. Genesis 10:5 From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations. Genesis 10:25 Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan. Genesis 11:1-9 Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech. / And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. / And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar. ... 1 Chronicles 1:19 Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan. Job 38:8-11 Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, / when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket, / when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors, ... Treasury of Scripture 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. Most Numbers 24:16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: Psalm 7:17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. Psalm 50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: divided Genesis 10:25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. Genesis 11:9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. Psalm 115:16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. he set Genesis 10:15 And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, Genesis 15:18-21 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: … Jump to Previous Adam Borders Boundaries Bounds Causing Children Divided Heritage High Inherit Inheritance Israel Keeping Limits Mankind Marked Mind Nations Peoples Separated SeparatingJump to Next Adam Borders Boundaries Bounds Causing Children Divided Heritage High Inherit Inheritance Israel Keeping Limits Mankind Marked Mind Nations Peoples Separated SeparatingDeuteronomy 32 1. Moses' song, which sets forth God's mercy and vengeance46. He exhorts them to set their hearts upon it 48. God sends him up to mount Nebo to see the land, and to die When the Most High The term "Most High" is translated from the Hebrew "Elyon," which emphasizes God's supreme authority and sovereignty over all creation. This title is used to denote God's ultimate power and position above all other gods and rulers. In the context of Deuteronomy, it underscores the belief that God is the supreme ruler who orchestrates the affairs of nations and peoples. Historically, this reflects the ancient Near Eastern understanding of divine hierarchy, where the Most High is above all. gave the nations their inheritance when He divided the sons of man He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God "when the Most High made nations to inherit, When He parted the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples, According to the number of the sons of Israel. For the portion of Jehovah is His people, Jacob the cord [7] of His inheritance" [7] i.e., limit. The allusion is to the dispersion from Babel (Genesis 10, 11). The Jews were accustomed to reckon seventy nations and languages in that dispersion. Seventy members of Jacob's household went down into Egypt. And literally they interpret this passage to mean that in dividing the lands to the peoples, Jehovah left room for His own, so that they might inherit the promised land without any undue pressure upon other nations. It is noticeable that the children of Lot and Esau were carefully preserved from disturbance by Israel (Deuteronomy 2). But this is the bare literal interpretation. The true meaning of the passage is given by St. Paul in his speech at Athens: "He determined (for all nations) times before appointed, and the setting of the boundaries of their habitation, that they might seek the Lord." The nations were so disposed in the world, and so developed, that each might have its opportunity of seeking Jehovah, in due season, through contact with His people--"if, as was certainly not impossible, they might feel after Him and find Him, who is not far from any one of us. For we are even His offspring." Hence He appoints our inheritance. With some such thought as this, the LXX. translate the latter half of Deuteronomy 32:8, "He set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the angels of God" The chosen people were to be His messengers to the nations. He chose Israel for His own portion, that through them He might inherit the world. And yet in the face of this glorious calling and mission, the undutiful behaviour of Israel was their one great blot. They had only to accept the position already prepared for them, and they refused! . . . Verses 8, 9. - From the very beginning, when God first allotted to the nations a place and a heritage, he had respect in his arrangements to the sons of Israel, who were his portion, and had as it were kept their interest in view in all that he appointed and ordered. According to the number of the children of Israel. When the Most High portioned out to the nations the heritage of each, he reserved for Israel, as the people of his choice, an inheritance proportioned to its numbers. The LXX. has "according to the number of the angels of God," an arbitrary departure from the original text, in accommodation, probably, to the later Jewish notion of each nation having its guardian angel. The Lord's portion is his people (cf. Exodus 15:16; Exodus 19:5; 1 Samuel 10:1; Psalm 78:71). The lot of his inheritance; literally, the cord, etc., the allusion being to the measuring of land by a cord, equivalent to the portion by measure which Jehovah allotted to himself as his inheritance (cf. Psalm 16:6).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew When the Most Highעֶלְיוֹן֙ (‘el·yō·wn) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 5945: An elevation, lofty, as title, the Supreme gave the nations גּוֹיִ֔ם (gō·w·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts their inheritance, בְּהַנְחֵ֤ל (bə·han·ḥêl) Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 5157: To inherit, to occupy, to bequeath, distribute, instate when He divided בְּהַפְרִיד֖וֹ (bə·hap̄·rî·ḏōw) Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6504: To break through, spread, separate the sons בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son of man, אָדָ֑ם (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being He set יַצֵּב֙ (yaṣ·ṣêḇ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's 5324: To take one's stand, stand the boundaries גְּבֻלֹ֣ת (gə·ḇu·lōṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 1367: A boundary, region of the peoples עַמִּ֔ים (‘am·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock according to the number לְמִסְפַּ֖ר (lə·mis·par) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narration of the sons בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son of God. יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc Links Deuteronomy 32:8 NIVDeuteronomy 32:8 NLT Deuteronomy 32:8 ESV Deuteronomy 32:8 NASB Deuteronomy 32:8 KJV Deuteronomy 32:8 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 32:8 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 32:8 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 32:8 French Bible Deuteronomy 32:8 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 32:8 When the Most High gave to (Deut. 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