Verse 4

For the LORD has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel as His treasured possession.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Herren har utvalgt Jakob for seg selv, Israel som sin eiendom.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For Herren har utvalgt Jakob for seg selv, Israel til sin eiendom.

• Norsk King James

  For Herren har utvalgt Jacob til seg selv, og Israel som sin spesielle skatt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For Herren har utvalgt Jakob for seg, Israel som sin eiendom.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For Herren har utvalgt Jakob for seg, Israel som sin eiendom.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For Herren har utvalgt Jakob for seg selv, Israel som sin eiendom.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For Herren har utvalgt Jakob til seg, og Israel som sin særlige skatt.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  For Herren har utvalgt Jakob for seg selv, Israel som sin eiendom.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For Herren har valgt Jakob for seg, Israel som sin dyrebare eiendom.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For Herren har utvalgt Jakob for seg selv, Israel som sin eiendom.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi Herren haver udvalgt sig Jakob, Israel til sin (synderlige) Eiendom.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For Herren har utvalgt Jakob for seg selv, og Israel som sin egen skatt.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, and Israel for his special treasure.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For Herren har utvalgt Jakob for seg selv; Israel til sin eiendom.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For Herren har utvalgt Jakob for seg selv, Israel til sin eiendom.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For Herren har utvalgt Jakobs ætt for seg, og Israel til sin eiendom.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For Herren har utvalgt Jakob for seg selv, Israel som sin eiendom.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For why, the LORDE hath chosen Iacob vnto him self, & Israel for his owne possessio.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the Lord hath chosen Iaakob to himselfe, and Israel for his chiefe treasure.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For the Lorde hath chosen Iacob vnto hym selfe: and Israel for his owne possession.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, [and] Israel for his peculiar treasure.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself; Israel for his own possession.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For Jacob hath Jah chosen for Himself, Israel for His peculiar treasure.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For Jehovah hath chosen Jacob unto himself, [And] Israel for his own possession.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the Lord has taken Jacob for himself, and Israel for his property.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself; Israel for his own possession.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Indeed, the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel to be his special possession.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 10:15 : 15 Yet the LORD set His affection on your ancestors and loved them, and He chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day.
• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
• Deut 7:6-7 : 6 For you are a holy people to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be His treasured possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth. 7 The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
• Mal 3:17 : 17 They will be mine, says the Lord of Hosts, on the day when I act. I will spare them as a father spares his son who serves him.
• Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify a people for His own possession, who are eager to do good works.
• Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now, if you will carefully listen to My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations, for the whole earth is Mine. 6 You will be for Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.
• Deut 32:9 : 9 For the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
• 1 Sam 12:22 : 22 For the LORD will not abandon His people for the sake of His great name, because it has pleased the LORD to make you His people.
• Ps 33:12 : 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His inheritance.
• Ps 105:6 : 6 Descendants of Abraham, His servant, children of Jacob, His chosen ones.
• Isa 41:8 : 8 But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend,
• Isa 43:20-21 : 20 The animals of the field will honor Me— jackals and ostriches—because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people, 21 the people I formed for Myself, so they might proclaim My praise.
• Zech 2:10-12 : 10 “Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD. 11 Ho! Zion, escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon. 12 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'Afterglory—He has sent me against the nations that have plundered, hit His affect on marked prey which defines Exter.