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 caused the Gentiles to be inherited, when he separated the sons of men, he set the bounds 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 waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.



Cross References

Jeremiah 10:16

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 the hosts is his name.

Exodus 19:5-6

Now therefore, if ye will give ear to hearken unto my voice and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a special treasure unto me above all peoples; for all the earth is mine.

1 Samuel 10:1

Then Samuel took a vial of oil and poured it upon his head and kissed him and said, Is it not because the LORD has anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?

Jeremiah 51:19

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 the hosts is his name.

1 Peter 2:9-10

But ye are the chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, that ye should show forth the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.

Exodus 15:16

Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone, until thy people pass over, O LORD, until the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

Deuteronomy 26:18-19

And the LORD has lifted thee up this day to be his unique people, as he has promised thee, and that thou should keep all his commandments,

1 Kings 8:51

for they are thy people and thy inheritance, which thou didst bring forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace.

1 Kings 8:53

For thou didst separate them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be thy inheritance, as thou didst speak by the hand of Moses, thy slave, when thou didst bring our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.

Psalm 78:71

from following the ewes great with young, he brought him to feed Jacob his people and Israel his inheritance.

Psalm 135:4

For JAH has chosen Jacob unto himself and Israel for his own possession.

Isaiah 43:21

This people I have formed for myself; they shall show forth my praise.

Micah 2:5

Therefore thou shalt have no one to cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.

Ephesians 1:18

illuminating the eyes of your understanding, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints

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