Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

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.

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

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Context Readings

Moses' Song

8 When the most highest gave the nations an inheritance, and divided the sons of Adam, he put the borders of the nations fast by the multitude of the children of Israel. 9 For the LORD's part is his folk, and Israel is the portion of his inheritance. 10 "He found him in a desert land, in a void ground and a roaring wilderness. He led him about and gave him understanding, and kept him as the apple of his eye.



Cross References

Jeremiah 10:16

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.

Exodus 19:5-6

Now therefore if ye will hear my voice and keep mine covenant: ye shall be mine own above all nations, for all the earth is mine.

1 Samuel 10:1

And then Samuel took a box of oil and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, "The LORD hath anointed thee to be a captain over his inheritance.

Jeremiah 51:19

"Nevertheless, the portion of Jacob is none such: but he that made all things, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, he is the rod of his inheritance.

1 Peter 2:9-10

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and a peculiar people, that ye should show the virtues of him that called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,

Exodus 15:16

Let fear and dread fall upon them through the greatness of thine arm, and let them be as still as a stone, while thy people pass through, O LORD; while the people pass through, which thou hast gotten.

Deuteronomy 26:18-19

And the LORD hath set thee up this day, to be a several people unto him - as he hath promised thee - and that thou keep his commandments,

1 Kings 8:51

For they be thy people and thine inheritance which thou broughtest out of Egypt, from the furnace of iron.

1 Kings 8:53

For thou didst separate them to be thine inheritance, above all the nations of the earth, as thou saidest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord Jehovah."

Psalm 78:71

As he was following the ewes great with young, he took him, that he might feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

Psalm 135:4

For why? The LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his own possession.

Isaiah 43:21

This people have I made for myself, and they shall show forth my praise.

Micah 2:5

Nevertheless there shall be no man to divide thee thy portion in the congregation of the LORD.

Ephesians 1:18

and lighten the eyes of your minds, that ye might know what thing that hope is, whereunto he hath called you, and what the riches of his glorious inheritance is upon the saints,

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