Deuteronomy 32:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ the Lord’s own portion was his people, Jacob his allotted share.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ For the Lord's portion is His people; Jacob (Israel) is the lot of His inheritance.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ For Jehovah’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

Common English Bible

⁹ Surely the LORD’s property was his people; Jacob was his part of the inheritance.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ But the Lord's portion is his people: Jacob, the lot of his inheritance.

Deuteronomy 32:9 Cross References

Jeremiah 10:16

The portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the one who formed all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the Lord of hosts is his name.

Jeremiah 51:19

Not like these is the portion of Jacob, for he is the one who formed all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the Lord of hosts is his name.

1 Kings 8:53

For you have separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be your heritage, just as you promised through Moses, your servant, when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt, O Lord God.”

1 Kings 8:51

(for they are your people and heritage that you brought out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron smelter).

Isaiah 43:21

the people whom I formed for myself so that they might declare my praise.

Psalm 135:4

For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession.

Psalm 78:71

from tending the nursing ewes he brought him to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of Israel, his inheritance.

Ephesians 1:18

so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may perceive what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints,

Micah 2:5

Therefore you will have no one in the Lord’s assembly to allot you a piece of land.

1 Samuel 10:1

Samuel took a vial of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him; he said, “The Lord has anointed you ruler over his people Israel. You shall reign over the people of the Lord, and you will save them from the hand of their enemies all around. Now this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you ruler over his heritage:

Exodus 15:16

Terror and dread fell upon them; by the might of your arm, they became still as a stone until your people, O Lord, passed by, until the people whom you acquired passed by.

Exodus 34:9

He said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, my Lord, I pray, let my Lord go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.”

2 Samuel 14:16

For the king will hear and deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would cut both me and my son off from the heritage of God.’

Psalm 28:9

O save your people and bless your heritage; be their shepherd and carry them forever.

Psalm 74:2

Remember your congregation, which you acquired long ago, which you redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage. Remember Mount Zion, where you came to dwell.

Psalm 106:40

Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage;

Zechariah 2:12

The Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem.

Deuteronomy 9:29

For they are your people, your very own possession, whom you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.’

Joshua 24:17

for it is the Lord our God who brought us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight. He protected us along all the way that we went and among all the peoples through whom we passed,

2 Samuel 20:19

I am one of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel; you seek to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel; why will you swallow up the heritage of the Lord?”

Psalm 33:12

Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage.

Psalm 106:5

that we may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, that we may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that we may glory in your heritage.

Isaiah 19:25

whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people and Assyria the work of my hands and Israel my heritage.”

Isaiah 34:17

He has cast the lot for them; his hand has portioned it out to them with the line. [[They shall possess it; from generation to generation they shall live in it.

Jeremiah 2:7

I brought you into a plentiful land to eat its fruits and its good things. But when you entered you defiled my land and made my heritage an abomination.