Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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."

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
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

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 Vanity, they are, the handiwork of mockeries, - In the time of their visitation, shall they perish. 16 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. 17 Fold up, from the ground thy travelling carpet, - O inhabitress of the fortress;

Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:9

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

Jeremiah 31:35

Thus, saith Yahweh - Who hath given the sun for a light by day, The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night, - Who excited the sea, and the waves thereof roared Yahweh of hosts, is his name: -

Jeremiah 32:18

Executing lovingkindness unto thousands, But recompensing the iniquity of fathers, into the bosom of their children, after them, Thou GOD, the great the mighty, Yahweh of hosts, is his name:

Psalm 74:2

Remember thine own assembly thou didst acquire aforetime, Thou didst redeem the tribe of thine own inheritance, Mount Zion, wherein thou didst take up thy habitation.

Psalm 119:57

[HETH] My portion, is Yahweh, I have promised that I would keep thy words.

Jeremiah 10:12

He that made the earth by his power, That established the world by his wisdom, - And by his understanding stretched out the heavens,

Psalm 73:26

Failed have my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart - and my portion, is God unto times age-abiding.

Isaiah 45:7

Forming light and creating darkness, Making prosperity, and creating misfortune, - I - Yahweh, who doeth all these.

Jeremiah 50:34

Their Redeemer, can hold fast, Yahweh of hosts, is his name, He will, thoroughly plead, their plea, - That he may quiet the earth, And disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:19

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

Lamentations 3:24

My portion, is Yahweh, saith my soul, For this cause, will I wait for him.

Exodus 19:5

Now, therefore, if ye will, indeed hearken, to my voice, And keep my covenant, Then shall ye be mine as a treasure beyond all the peoples, For, mine, is all the earth;

Psalm 16:5-6

Yahweh, is mine allotted portion and my cup, Thou, art maintaining my lot.

Psalm 135:4

For, Jacob, hath Yah chosen for himself, Israel, for his own treasure.

Psalm 142:5

I have made outcry unto thee, O Yahweh, - I have said, Thou, art my refuge, my portion, in the land of the living.

Proverbs 16:4

Everything, hath Yahweh made for its own purpose, yea, even the lawless one, for the day of calamity.

Isaiah 47:4

Our Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts, is his name! The Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 47:6

I had been provoked with my people, Had profaned mine inheritance, And given them into thy hand, -- Thou shewedst them no compassion, Upon the elder, madest thou very heavy thy yoke.

Isaiah 51:15

But, I - Yahweh, am thy God, Who threw into commotion the sea And the waves thereof roared, - Yahweh of hosts, is his name.

Isaiah 54:5

For, thy husband, is, thy Maker, Yahweh of hosts, is his Name, - And, thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, The God of all the earth, shall he be called.

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