Deuteronomy 32:9

In 11 translations

BSB

But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.

KJV

For the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.lot: Heb. cord

WEB

For Yahweh’s portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

ASV

For Jehovah’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

LSV

For YHWH’s portion [is] His people, || Jacob [is] the line of His inheritance.

YLT

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

DBY

For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob the lot of his inheritance.

DRC

But the Lord’s portion is his people: Jacob the lot of his inheritance.

GNV

For the Lordes portion is his people: Iaakob is the lot of his inheritance.

JPS

For the portion of the LORD is His people, Jacob the lot of His inheritance.

LXXE

And his people Jacob became the portion of the Lord, Israel was the line of his inheritance.

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WLC

כִּ֛י חֵ֥לֶק יְהֹוָ֖ה עַמּ֑וֹ יַעֲקֹ֖ב חֶ֥בֶל נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐγενήθη μερὶς Κυρίου λαὸς αὐτοῦ Ἰακώβ· σχοίνισμα κληρονομίας αὐτοῦ Ἰσραήλ.

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• Jeremiah 10:16The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
• 1 Peter 2:9–10But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but…
• Exodus 19:5–6Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine. And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These…
• 1 Kings 8:51For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.
• 1 Kings 8:53For You, O Lord GOD, as Your inheritance, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”
• Jeremiah 51:19The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
• Psalms 135:4For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
• Isaiah 43:21The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
• Deuteronomy 26:18–19And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments, that He will set you high in praise and name and honor above all the nations…
• Ephesians 1:18I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
• 1 Samuel 10:1Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
• Psalms 78:71from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.
• Exodus 15:16and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.
• Micah 2:5Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.

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