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Praise to the God of Jacob

Jeremiah 51:19

In 11 translations

BSB
The 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.
KJV
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.
WEB
The portion of Jacob is not like these, for he formed all things, including the tribe of his inheritance. Yahweh of Armies is his name.
ASV
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.
LSV
The Portion of Jacob [is] not like these, || For He is forming the whole, || And [Israel is] the tribe of His inheritance, || YHWH of Hosts [is] His Name.
YLT
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.
DBY
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.
DRC
The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he that made all things he it is, and Israel is the sceptre of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his name.
GNV
The portion of Iaakob is not like them: for he is the maker of all things, and Israel is the rodde of his inheritance: the Lord of hostes is his Name.
JPS
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.
LXXE28:19
Not such is Jacob's portion; for he that formed all things, he is his inheritance; the Lord is his name.

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Original-language editions

WLC
לֹֽא־כְאֵ֜לֶּה חֵ֣לֶק יַעֲק֗וֹב כִּֽי־יוֹצֵ֤ר הַכֹּל֙ ה֔וּא וְשֵׁ֖בֶט נַחֲלָת֑וֹ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br28:19
Οὐ τοιαύτη μερὶς τῷ Ἰακὼβ, ὅτι ὁ πλάσας τὰ πάντα, αὐτός ἐστι κληρονομία αὐτοῦ, Κύριος ὄνομα αὐτῷ.

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👤 God👤 Jacob (Israel)◆ Prophecies of Jeremiah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 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.
  • Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
  • Psalms 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!
  • 1 Peter 2:9But 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.
  • 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…
  • Isaiah 47:4Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His name— is the Holy One of Israel.
  • Psalms 115:3Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.
  • Jeremiah 50:11“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph— you who plunder My inheritance— because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,
  • Psalms 135:4For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
  • Jeremiah 12:7–10I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the love of My life into the hands of her enemies. My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore…
  • Psalms 16:5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
  • Lamentations 3:24“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
  • Deuteronomy 32:9But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
  • Psalms 74:2Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance— Mount Zion where You dwell.

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  • 51:19 in most Bibles

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