King James Version

1 Chronicles 16:20

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

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וַיִּֽתְהַלְּכוּ֙vayithalkhvand walkהָלַךְconjunction, verb, hithpael, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and walk”, the next action in the storyH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…מִגּ֣וֹיmigoyfrom Gentileגּוֹיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).גּ֔וֹיgoyGentileגּוֹיnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.וּמִמַּמְלָכָ֖הumimamlakhahand from kingdomמַמְלָכָהconjunction, preposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and from kingdom”, the ordinary formH4467dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)kingdom, king's, reign, royal.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).עַ֥םampeopleעַםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.אַחֵֽרacherother manאַחֵרadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “other man”, the ordinary formH312properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.(an-) other man, following, next, strange.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they went about from nation to nation, And 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.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

And they went from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people.

Douay-Rheims

And they passed from nation to nation: and from a kingdom to another people.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ἀπὸ ἔθνους εἰς ἔθνος, καὶ ἀπὸ βασιλείας εἰς λαὸν ἕτερον,