Parallel Verses

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.

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."

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The portion
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

The Lord

Usage: 0

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 are they, work of erring ones, In the time of their inspection they perish. 16 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. 17 Gather from the land thy merchandise, O dweller in the bulwark,



Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:9

For Jehovah's portion is His people, Jacob is the line of His inheritance.

Jeremiah 31:35

Thus said Jehovah, Who is giving the sun for a light by day, The statutes of moon and stars for a light by night, Quieting the sea when its billows roar, Jehovah of Hosts is His name:

Jeremiah 32:18

Doing kindness to thousands, and recompensing iniquity of fathers into the bosom of their sons after them; God, the great, the mighty, Jehovah of Hosts is His name,

Psalm 74:2

Remember Thy company. Thou didst purchase of old, Thou didst redeem the rod of Thy inheritance, This mount Zion -- Thou didst dwell in it.

Psalm 119:57

Cheth. My portion is Jehovah; I have said -- to keep Thy words,

Jeremiah 10:12

The maker of the earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who, by His understanding, stretched forth the heavens,

Psalm 73:26

Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion is God to the age.

Isaiah 45:7

Forming light, and preparing darkness, Making peace, and preparing evil, I am Jehovah, doing all these things.'

Jeremiah 50:34

Their Redeemer is strong, Jehovah of Hosts is His name, He doth thoroughly plead their cause, So as to cause the land to rest, And He hath given trouble to the inhabitants of Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:19

Not like these is the portion of Jacob, For He is former of all things, And Israel is the rod of His inheritance, Jehovah of Hosts is His name.

Lamentations 3:24

My portion is Jehovah, hath my soul said, Therefore I hope for Him.

Exodus 19:5

And now, if ye really hearken to My voice, then ye have kept My covenant, and been to Me a peculiar treasure more than all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine;

Psalm 16:5-6

Jehovah is the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou -- Thou dost uphold my lot.

Psalm 135:4

For Jacob hath Jah chosen for Himself, Israel for His peculiar treasure.

Psalm 142:5

I have cried unto thee, O Jehovah, I have said, 'Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.'

Proverbs 16:4

All things hath Jehovah wrought for Himself, And also the wicked worketh for a day of evil.

Isaiah 47:4

Our redeemer is Jehovah of Hosts, His name is the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 47:6

I have been wroth against My people, I have polluted Mine inheritance And I give them into thy hand, Thou hast not appointed for them mercies, On the aged thou hast made thy yoke very heavy,

Isaiah 51:15

And I am Jehovah thy God, Quieting the sea, when its billows roar, Jehovah of Hosts is His name.

Isaiah 54:5

For thy Maker is thy husband, Jehovah of Hosts is His name, And thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, 'God of all the earth,' He is called.

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