Deuteronomy 32:9
Deuteronomy chapter 32 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For Jehovah’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For the Lord’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For Jehovah’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Context
v.8When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
v.9This passage
v.10He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 10:16
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.
- Micah 2:5
Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the line by lot in the assembly of Jehovah.
- Ephesians 1:18
having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
- Isaiah 43:21
the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.
- Exodus 19:5
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:
- 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: Jehovah of hosts is his name.