Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

For the Lord’s portion is His people;
Jacob is the allotment of His inheritance.

King James Version

For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

Holman Bible

But the Lord’s portion is His people,
Jacob, His own inheritance.

International Standard Version

For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is his allotted portion.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“For the Lord’s portion and chosen share is His people;
Jacob (Israel) is the allotment of His inheritance.

Bible in Basic English

For the Lord's wealth is his people; Jacob is the land of his heritage.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

For Jehovah the portion of his people; Jacob the cord of his inheritance.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

For Yahweh's portion [was] his people, Jacob the share of his inheritance.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For the LORD's part is his folk, and Israel is the portion of his inheritance.

NET Bible

For the Lord's allotment is his people, Jacob is his special possession.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

For, Yahweh's portion is his people, - Jacob, his inherited possession.

Webster

For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

For Jehovah's portion is His people, Jacob is the line of His inheritance.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For the Lord's

Usage: 0

חלק 
Cheleq 
Usage: 67

is his people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

יעקב 
Ya`aqob 
Usage: 349

is the lot
חבל חבל 
Chebel 
Usage: 62

References

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

Moses' Song

8 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.
9 For the Lord’s portion is His people;
Jacob is the allotment of His inheritance.
10 He found him in a desert land,
And in the howling waste of a wilderness;
He encircled him, He cared for him,
He guarded him as the pupil of His eye.



Cross References

Jeremiah 10:16

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.

Exodus 19:5-6

Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine;

1 Samuel 10:1

Then Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it on his head, kissed him and said, “Has not the Lord anointed you a ruler over His inheritance?

Jeremiah 51:19

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

1 Peter 2:9-10

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

Exodus 15:16

Terror and dread fall upon them;
By the greatness of Your arm they are motionless as stone;
Until Your people pass over, O Lord,
Until the people pass over whom You have purchased.

Deuteronomy 26:18-19

The Lord has today declared you to be His people, a treasured possession, as He promised you, and that you should keep all His commandments;

1 Kings 8:51

(for they are Your people and Your inheritance which You have brought forth from Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace),

1 Kings 8:53

For You have separated them from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Moses Your servant, when You brought our fathers forth from Egypt, O Lord God.”

Psalm 78:71

From the care of the ewes with suckling lambs He brought him
To shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel His inheritance.

Psalm 135:4

For the Lord has chosen Jacob for Himself,
Israel for His own possession.

Isaiah 43:21

“The people whom I formed for Myself
Will declare My praise.

Micah 2:5

“Therefore you will have no one stretching a measuring line
For you by lot in the assembly of the Lord.

Ephesians 1:18

I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

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