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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.
New American Standard Bible
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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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 these. For he is the former of all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. LORD of hosts is his name. 17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O thou who abides in the siege.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:9
For LORD's portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Jeremiah 31:35
Thus says LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar. LORD of hosts is his name.
Jeremiah 32:18
who show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their sons after them, the great, the mighty God. LORD of hosts is his name,
Psalm 74:2
Remember thy congregation, which thou have gotten of old, which thou have redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance, [and] mount Zion, at which thou have dwelt.
Psalm 119:57
LORD is my portion; I have said that I would observe thy words.
Jeremiah 10:12
He has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he has stretched out the heavens.
Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart fails, [but] God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Isaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create evil. I am LORD who does all these things.
Jeremiah 50:34
Their Redeemer is strong. LORD of hosts is his name. He will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
Jeremiah 51:19
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.
Lamentations 3:24
LORD is my portion, says my soul, therefore I will hope in him.
Exodus 19:5
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be my own possession from among all peoples, for all the earth is mine,
Psalm 16:5-6
LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup. Thou maintain my lot.
Psalm 135:4
For LORD has chosen Jacob to himself, Israel for his own possession.
Psalm 142:5
I cried to thee, O LORD. I said, Thou are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.
Proverbs 16:4
LORD has made everything for its own end, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Isaiah 47:4
Our Redeemer, LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 47:6
I was angry with my people. I profaned my inheritance, and gave them into thy hand. Thou showed them no mercy. Upon the aged thou have laid thy yoke very heavily.
Isaiah 51:15
For I am LORD thy God, who stirs up the sea so that the waves of it roar. LORD of hosts is his name.
Isaiah 54:5
For thy maker is thy husband. LORD of hosts is his name. And the Holy One of Israel is thy Redeemer. He shall be called the God of the whole earth.