Jeremiah 10:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁶ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ The Portion of Jacob [the true God on Whom Israel has a claim] is not like these, for He is the Fashioner and Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance–the Lord of hosts is His name.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Jacob’s portion is utterly different because God has formed all things, including Israel, his very own people— the LORD of heavenly forces is his name!

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Jacob's portion is not like their portion. For his portion is from the One who formed all things. And Israel is the staff of his inheritance. The Lord of hosts is his name.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ The portion of Jacob is not like these: for it is he who formed all things and Israel is the rod of his inheritance. The Lord of hosts is his name.

Jeremiah 10:16 Cross References

Psalm 119:57

The LORD is my portion: I have said that I would observe thy words.

Psalm 135:4

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

Psalm 142:5

I cried unto thee, O LORD; I said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.

Psalm 33:6

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

Psalm 73:26

My flesh and my heart faileth: But God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.

Psalm 74:2

Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; And mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

Exodus 19:5

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:

Exodus 34:9

And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let the Lord, I pray thee, go in the midst of us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.

Proverbs 16:4

The LORD hath made every thing for its own end: Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Isaiah 19:25

for that the LORD of hosts hath blessed them, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.

Isaiah 45:7

I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am the LORD, that doeth all these things.

Isaiah 47:4

Our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 47:6

I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

Isaiah 51:15

For I am the LORD thy God, which stirreth up the sea, that the waves thereof roar: the LORD of hosts is his name.

Isaiah 54:5

For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is thy redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.

Jeremiah 10:12

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:

Jeremiah 10:6

There is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

Jeremiah 31:35

Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which stirreth up the sea, that the waves thereof roar; the LORD of hosts is his name:

Jeremiah 32:18

which shewest mercy unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the great, the mighty God, the LORD of hosts is his name:

Jeremiah 33:2

Thus saith the LORD that doeth it, the LORD that formeth it to establish it; the LORD is his name:

Jeremiah 46:18

As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

Jeremiah 50:34

Their redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:19

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.

Lamentations 3:24

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

Amos 4:13

For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth; the LORD, the God of hosts, is his name.

Zechariah 2:12

And the LORD shall inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

Deuteronomy 32:9

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