Psalms 135:4

In 11 translations

BSB

For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.

KJV

For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.

WEB

For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his own possession.

ASV

For Jehovah hath chosen Jacob unto himself, And Israel for his own possession.

LSV

For YAH has chosen Jacob for Himself, || Israel for His peculiar treasure.

YLT

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

DBY

For Jah hath chosen Jacob unto himself, Israel for his own possession.

DRC134:4

For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself: Israel for his own possession.

GNV

For the Lord hath chosen Iaakob to himselfe, and Israel for his chiefe treasure.

JPS

For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto Himself, and Israel for His own treasure.

LXXE134:4

For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.

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WLC

כִּֽי־יַעֲקֹ֗ב בָּחַ֣ר ל֣וֹ יָ֑הּ יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל לִסְגֻלָּתֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br134:4

Ὅτι τὸν Ἰακὼβ ἐξελέξατο ἑαυτῷ ὁ Κύριος, Ἰσραὴλ εἰς περιουσιασμὸν ἑαυτῷ.

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• 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.
• Deuteronomy 10:15Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.
• Deuteronomy 7:6–7For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth. The LORD did not set His affection on you and…
• Malachi 3:17“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.
• Psalms 105:6O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
• Isaiah 43:20–21The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people. The people I formed for Myself will declare…
• Psalms 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!
• Isaiah 41:8“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—
• Zechariah 2:10–12“Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD. “On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among…
• Deuteronomy 32:9But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
• 1 Samuel 12:22Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
• Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
• 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…

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