Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.

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 They are vanity, the work of delusions: in the time of their reviewing they shall perish. 16 The portion of Jacob not as these: for he forming all things, and Israel the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of armies his name. 17 Gather the bundles out of the land, thou dwelling in the fortress.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:9

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

Jeremiah 31:35

Thus said Jehovah, giving the sun for light the day, the laws of the moon and the stars for a light the night., causing the sea to tremble, and its waves shall roar; Jehovah of armies his name.

Jeremiah 32:18

Doing kindness to thousands and requiting the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their sons after them: The Great, The Strong God, Jehovah of armies his name.

Psalm 74:2

Remember thine assembly thou didst purchase of old; thou didst redeem the rod of thine inheritance; this mount Zion thou didst dwell in it

Psalm 119:57

My portion, O Jehovah: I said to watch thy words.

Jeremiah 10:12

He made the earth in his power, setting upright the habitable globe by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out the heavens.

Psalm 73:26

My flesh failed and my heart: the rock of my heart and my portion is God forever.

Isaiah 45:7

I shall form light and create darkness: making peace and creating evil: I Jehovah doing all these.

Jeremiah 50:34

He redeeming them is strong; Jehovah of armies, his name: pleading, he will plead their cause, so that he caused the land to rest, and caused disquiet to the inhabitants of Babel.

Jeremiah 51:19

Not as these the portions of Jacob; for he the former of all: and the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of armies his name.

Lamentations 3:24

Jehovah my portion, said my soul; for this I will hope toward him.

Exodus 19:5

And now if hearing, ye shall hear to my voice, and watch my covenant, and ye were to me wealth above all peoples, for to me is all the earth.

Psalm 16:5-6

Jehovah the portion of my part and of my cup: thou didst hold up my lot.

Psalm 135:4

For Jah chose to himself Jacob; Israel for his property.

Psalm 142:5

I cried to thee, O Jehovah: I said, Thou my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.

Proverbs 16:4

Jehovah made all to his purpose, and also the unjust for the day of evil.

Isaiah 47:4

Jehovah of armies redeemed us, his name the Holy One of Israel

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry against my people; I defiled my inheritances, and I will give them into thine hand, and thou didst not set mercy to them; upon the old thou didst make heavy thy yoke greatly.

Isaiah 51:15

And I am Jehovah thy God causing the sea to tremble. And its billows shall be put in motion: Jehovah of armies his name.

Isaiah 54:5

For thy Lord making thee; Jehovah of armies his name; and he redeeming thee, the Holy One of Israel; the God of the earth shall he be called.

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