Psalms 135:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Deut 10:15 : 15 Only Jehovah had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.
1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a {G1519} people for [God's] own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Deut 7:6-7 : 6 For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth. 7 Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples:
Mal 3:17 : 17 And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, [even] mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
Titus 2:14 : 14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.
Exod 19:5-6 : 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: 6 and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Deut 32:9 : 9 For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
1 Sam 12:22 : 22 For Jehovah will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it hath pleased Jehovah to make you a people unto himself.
Ps 33:12 : 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Ps 105:6 : 6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
Isa 41:8 : 8 But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,
Isa 43:20-21 : 20 The beasts of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen, 21 the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.
Zech 2:10-12 : 10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith Jehovah. 11 And many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me unto thee. 12 And Jehovah shall inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Deut 14:2
81%
2For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
Isa 44:1-2
2 verses
80%
1Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, who I have chosen:
2Thus saith Jehovah that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
Ps 47:4
80%
4He chooseth our inheritance for us, The glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah
Ps 132:13-14
2 verses
80%
13For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for his habitation.
14This is my resting-place for ever: Here will I dwell; For I have desired it.
Deut 32:9
80%
9For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Ps 33:12
79%
12Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
1 Chr 16:13
79%
13O ye seed of Israel his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
Deut 7:6-7
2 verses
79%
6For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
7Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples:
Isa 14:1
78%
1For Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the sojourner shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
Ps 105:6
77%
6O ye seed of Abraham his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
Jer 10:16
76%
16The 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.
Jer 51:19
76%
19The 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.
Deut 10:15
76%
15Only Jehovah had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.
Isa 45:4
76%
4For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
1 Chr 17:21-22
2 verses
75%
21And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemest out of Egypt?
22For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.
Exod 19:5
75%
5Now 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:
Zech 2:12
74%
12And Jehovah shall inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
Ps 135:5
74%
5For I know that Jehovah is great, And that our Lord is above all gods.
Deut 18:5
74%
5For Jehovah thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Jehovah, him and his sons for ever.
2 Chr 6:6
74%
6but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
1 Chr 28:4-5
2 verses
73%
4Howbeit Jehovah, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel;
5And of all my sons (for Jehovah hath given me many sons), he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel.
Isa 41:8-9
2 verses
73%
8But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,
9thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away;
Ps 114:1-2
2 verses
73%
1When Israel went forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
2Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
Isa 43:21
73%
21the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.
Ps 78:68
73%
68But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.
Deut 4:20
73%
20But Jehovah hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as at this day.
Ps 135:3
73%
3Praise ye Jehovah; For Jehovah is good: Sing praises unto his name; For it is pleasant.
Isa 34:17
73%
17And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever; from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
Deut 4:37
72%
37And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;
Ps 78:70
72%
70He chose David also his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds:
1 Kgs 8:53
72%
53For thou didst separate them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord Jehovah.
1 Kgs 8:16
72%
16Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
Jer 31:11
72%
11For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
Deut 26:18
72%
18and Jehovah hath avouched thee this day to be a people for his own possession, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
Ps 106:5
72%
5That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen, That I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, That I may glory with thine inheritance.
Isa 49:7
72%
7Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Jehovah that is faithful, [even] the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.
1 Chr 16:17
71%
17And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
Ps 105:43
71%
43And he brought forth his people with joy, [And] his chosen with singing.
Jer 2:4
71%
4Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
2 Sam 7:24
71%
24And thou didst establish to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.
Ezek 20:5
71%
5and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when I chose Israel, and sware unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I sware unto them, saying, I am Jehovah your God;
Ps 135:12
71%
12And gave their land for a heritage, A heritage unto Israel his people.
1 Pet 2:9
71%
9But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a {G1519} people for [God's] own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: