Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"The LORD is my portion," sayeth my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

New American Standard Bible

“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I have hope in Him.”

King James Version

The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

Holman Bible

I say: The Lord is my portion,
therefore I will put my hope in Him.

International Standard Version

"The LORD is all I have," says my soul, "Therefore I will trust in him."

A Conservative Version

LORD is my portion, says my soul, therefore I will hope in him.

American Standard Version

Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

Amplified


“The Lord is my portion and my inheritance,” says my soul;
“Therefore I have hope in Him and wait expectantly for Him.”

Bible in Basic English

I said to myself, The Lord is my heritage; and because of this I will have hope in him.

Darby Translation

Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

The LORD is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Yahweh is my portion," says my soul, "Thus I will hope on him."

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah is my portion, says my soul; therefore I will hope in Him.

NET Bible

"My portion is the Lord," I have said to myself, so I will put my hope in him.

New Heart English Bible

"The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him."

The Emphasized Bible

My portion, is Yahweh, saith my soul, For this cause, will I wait for him.

Webster

The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

World English Bible

Yahweh is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

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

Usage: 0

is my portion
חלק 
Cheleq 
Usage: 67

my soul
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

therefore will I hope
יחל 
Yachal 
Usage: 41

References

Images Lamentations 3:24

Prayers for Lamentations 3:24

Context Readings

Israel's Affliction

23 His faithfulness is great and reneweth itself as the morning. 24 "The LORD is my portion," sayeth my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25 {Tet} O how good is the LORD unto them that put their trust in him, and to the soul that seeketh after him?



Cross References

Psalm 16:5

The LORD himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup; thou shalt maintain my lot.

Psalm 73:26

My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.

Psalm 33:18

Behold, the eye of the LORD looketh unto them that fear him, and upon them that put their trust in his mercy,

Lamentations 3:21

While I consider these things in my heart, I get a hope again.

1 Samuel 30:6

And David was in a shrewd strait: for the people intended to stone him because the hearts of the people were vexed for their sons and their daughters.

1 Chronicles 5:20

And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hands with all that were with the Hagrites. For they cried to God in their battle, and he heard them, because they trusted to him.

Job 13:15

Lo, though he slay me, yet will I put my trust in him. But if I shew and reprove mine own ways in his sight,

Psalm 31:24

Be strong, and he shall establish your heart, all ye that put your trust in the LORD.

Psalm 42:11

Why art thou so vexed, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God; for I will yet thank him, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.

Psalm 43:5

Why art thou so heavy, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God, for I will yet give him thanks, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.

Psalm 62:8

O put your trust in him always, ye people; pour out your hearts before him, for God is our hope. Selah.

Psalm 84:12

O LORD God of Hosts, blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee.

Psalm 119:57

{Khet} Thou art my portion, O LORD, I have promised to keep thy law.

Psalm 130:7

O Israel, trust in the LORD; for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

Psalm 142:5

Therefore do I cry unto thee, O LORD, and say, "Thou art my hope and my portion in the land of the living!"

Jeremiah 10:16

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.

Jeremiah 51:19

"Nevertheless, the portion of Jacob is none such: but he that made all things, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, he is the rod of his inheritance.

Romans 15:12

And in another place Isaiah saith, "There shall be the root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the gentiles: in him shall the gentiles trust."

1 Peter 1:21

Which, by his means, have believed on God that raised him from death, and glorified him, that your faith and hope might be in God.

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