Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

The portion of Jacob is not like them; for it is he that hath formed all things, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

New American Standard Bible

The portion of Jacob is not like these;
For the Maker of all is He,
And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance;
The Lord of hosts is His name.

King James Version

The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.

Holman Bible

Jacob’s Portion is not like these
because He is the One who formed all things.
Israel is the tribe of His inheritance;
Yahweh of Hosts is His name.

International Standard Version

The Portion of Jacob is not like these. He made everything, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. The LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name.

A Conservative Version

The portion of Jacob is not like these. For he is the former of all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. LORD of hosts is his name.

American Standard Version

The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

Amplified


The Portion of Jacob [the true God on whom Israel has a claim] is not like these;
For He is the Designer and Maker of all things,
And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance [and He will not fail them]—
The Lord of hosts is His name.

Bible in Basic English

The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.

Julia Smith Translation

The portion of Jacob not as these: for he forming all things, and Israel the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of armies his name.

King James 2000

The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The portion of Jacob [is] not like these, for he [is] the creator of everything, and Israel [is] the tribe of his inheritance, Yahweh of hosts [is] his name.

Modern King James verseion

The Portion of Jacob is not like them; for He is the Maker of all things; and Israel is the rod of His inheritance. Jehovah of Hosts is His name.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Nevertheless, Jacob's portion is not such: but it is he that hath made all things, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of Hosts is his name.

NET Bible

The Lord, who is the inheritance of Jacob's descendants, is not like them. He is the one who created everything. And the people of Israel are those he claims as his own. He is known as the Lord who rules over all."

New Heart English Bible

The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the LORD of hosts is his name."

The Emphasized Bible

Not like these, is the portion of Jacob, For the fashioner of all things, is, he, And, Israel, is his inherited sceptre, - Yahweh of hosts, is his name.

Webster

The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.

World English Bible

The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is his name.

Youngs Literal Translation

Not like these is the Portion of Jacob, For framer of all things is He, And Israel is the rod of His inheritance, Jehovah of Hosts is His name.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The portion
חלק 
Cheleq 
Usage: 67

of Jacob
יעקב 
Ya`aqob 
Usage: 349

is not like them for he is the former
יצר 
Yatsar 
Usage: 62

of all things and Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

is the rod
שׁבט 
Shebet 
Usage: 190

נחלה 
Nachalah 
Usage: 222

The Lord

Usage: 0

of hosts
צבאה צבא 
Tsaba' 
Usage: 483

Devotionals

Devotionals about Jeremiah 10:16

References

Hastings

Watsons

Rod

Images Jeremiah 10:16

Prayers for Jeremiah 10:16

Context Readings

A Hymn Of Praise To God

15 They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. 16 The portion of Jacob is not like them; for it is he that hath formed all things, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name. 17 Gather up thy baggage out of the land, O inhabitress of the fortress.



Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:9

For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob the lot of his inheritance.

Jeremiah 31:35

Thus saith Jehovah, who giveth the sun for light by day, the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for light by night, who stirreth up the sea so that the waves thereof roar, Jehovah of hosts is his name:

Jeremiah 32:18

who shewest mercy unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them, thou, the great, the mighty God, Jehovah of hosts is his name;

Psalm 74:2

Remember thine assembly, which thou hast purchased of old, which thou hast redeemed to be the portion of thine inheritance, this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

Psalm 119:57

CHETH. My portion, O Jehovah, I have said, is to keep thy words.

Jeremiah 10:12

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

Psalm 73:26

My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.

Isaiah 45:7

forming the light and creating darkness, making peace and creating evil: I, Jehovah, do all these things.

Jeremiah 50:34

Their Redeemer is strong; Jehovah of hosts is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:19

The portion of Jacob is not like them; for it is he that hath formed all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

Lamentations 3:24

Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

Exodus 19:5

And now, if ye will hearken to my voice indeed and keep my covenant, then shall ye be my own possession out of all the peoples for all the earth is mine --

Psalm 16:5-6

Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

Psalm 135:4

For Jah hath chosen Jacob unto himself, Israel for his own possession.

Psalm 142:5

I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.

Proverbs 16:4

Jehovah hath wrought everything on his own account, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Isaiah 47:4

Our Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. ...

Isaiah 47:6

I was wroth with my people, I polluted mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the aged didst thou very heavily lay thy yoke;

Isaiah 51:15

And I am Jehovah thy God, who raiseth the sea, so that its waves roar: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

Isaiah 54:5

For thy Maker is thy husband: Jehovah of hosts is his name, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: the God of the whole earth shall he be called.

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