Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 They're worthless, a work of mockery, and when the time of punishment comes, they'll perish. 16 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. 17 You who live under siege, Gather up your bundle from the ground.



Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:9

For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is his allotted portion.

Jeremiah 31:35

This is what the LORD says, who gives the sun for light by day, the laws that govern the moon and stars for light by night, and who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. The LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name:

Jeremiah 32:18

You, the great God, the mighty one, show gracious love to thousands and repay the parents' iniquity to their children after them. The LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name.

Psalm 74:2

Remember your community, whom you purchased long ago, the tribe whom you redeemed for your possession. Remember Mount Zion, where you live.

Psalm 119:57

The LORD is my inheritance; I have given my promise to keep your word.

Jeremiah 10:12

The LORD is the one who made the world by his power, who established the earth by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

Psalm 73:26

My body and mind may fail, but God is my strength and my portion forever.

Isaiah 45:7

"I form light and create darkness, I make goodness and create disaster. I am the LORD, who does all these things.

Jeremiah 50:34

Their Redeemer is strong, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name. He will vigorously plead their case in order to bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to the inhabitants of Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:19

The Portion of Jacob is not like these. He made everything, including the tribe of his inheritance. The LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name.

Lamentations 3:24

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

Exodus 19:5

And now if you carefully obey me and keep my covenant, you are to be my special possession out of all the nations, because the whole earth belongs to me,

Psalm 16:5-6

The LORD is my inheritance and my cup; you support my lot.

Psalm 135:4

It is Jacob whom the LORD chose for himself Israel as his personal possession.

Psalm 142:5

So I cry to you, Lord, declaring, "You are my refuge, my only possession while I am on this earth."

Proverbs 16:4

The LORD made everything answerable to him, including the wicked at the time of trouble.

Isaiah 47:4

"Our Redeemer the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name is the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people, and I desecrated my heritage, and gave them into your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the aged you laid your yoke most heavily.

Isaiah 51:15

"For I am the LORD your God, who churns up the sea, so that its waves roar, "The LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name.'

Isaiah 54:5

For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name, and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of the whole earth.

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