(A)When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,
When He separated the sons of [a]mankind,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
(B)According to the number of the [b]sons of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:8 Or Adam
  2. Deuteronomy 32:8 As in MT; DSS sons of God; LXX angels of God

When the Most High (A)gave to the nations their inheritance,
    when he (B)divided mankind,
he fixed the borders[a] of the peoples
    according to the number of the sons of God.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:8 Or territories
  2. Deuteronomy 32:8 Compare Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text sons of Israel