Psalms 135:4
For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, and Israel for his special treasure.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
For the LORD has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel as His treasured possession.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
For Jehovah hath chosen Jacob unto himself, [And] Israel for his own possession.
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.
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 Only the LORD delighted in your fathers to love them, and he chose their descendants after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
- 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, 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 unto the LORD your God: the LORD your God has chosen you to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. 7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all people:
- Mal 3:17 : 17 And they shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.
- Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous for good works.
- Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to me above all people; for all the earth is mine: 6 And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.
- Deut 32:9 : 9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the place of his inheritance.
- 1 Sam 12:22 : 22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: 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 for his own inheritance.
- Ps 105:6 : 6 O seed of Abraham his servant, you children of Jacob his chosen.
- Isa 41:8 : 8 But you, Israel, are my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
- Isa 43:20-21 : 20 The beast of the field shall honor Me, the jackals and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen. 21 This people I have formed for Myself; they shall declare My praise.
- Zech 2:10-12 : 10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, says the LORD. 11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and they shall be My people: and I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. 12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah His portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
Similar Verses (AI)
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2For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
- Isa 44:1-22 verses80%
1Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen:
2Thus says the LORD that made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and you, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
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4He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellence of Jacob whom He loved. Selah.
- Ps 132:13-142 verses80%
13For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling.
14This is My resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
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9For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the place of his inheritance.
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12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he has chosen for his own inheritance.
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13O seed of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
- Deut 7:6-72 verses79%
6For you are a holy people unto the LORD your God: the LORD your God has chosen you to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
7The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all people:
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1For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and strangers will be joined with them, and they will cling to the house of Jacob.
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6O seed of Abraham his servant, you children of Jacob his chosen.
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16The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the Maker of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
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19The portion of Jacob is not like them; for He is the Maker of all things; and Israel is the rod of His inheritance; the LORD of hosts is His name.
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15Only the LORD delighted in your fathers to love them, and he chose their descendants after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
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4For Jacob My servant's sake, and Israel My chosen, I have even called you by your name: I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.
- 1 Chr 17:21-222 verses75%
21And what one nation in the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make you a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations before your people, whom you have redeemed out of Egypt?
22For your people Israel you made your own people forever; and you, LORD, became their God.
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5Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to me above all people; for all the earth is mine:
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12And the LORD shall inherit Judah His portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
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5For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
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5For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons forever.
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6But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
- 1 Chr 28:4-52 verses73%
4However the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he has chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he was pleased to make me king over all Israel:
5And of all my sons, (for the LORD has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
- Isa 41:8-92 verses73%
8But you, Israel, are my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
9You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called you from the chief men thereof, and said to you, You are my servant; I have chosen you, and not cast you away.
- Ps 114:1-22 verses73%
1When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language;
2Judah was His sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.
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21This people I have formed for Myself; they shall declare My praise.
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68But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
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20But the LORD has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as you are this day.
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3Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises to his name; for it is pleasant.
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17And He has cast the lot for them, and His hand has divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it forever, from generation to generation they shall dwell therein.
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37And because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
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70He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
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53For you separated them from among all the people of the earth, to be your inheritance, as you spoke by the hand of Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.
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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.
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11For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.
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18And the LORD has declared you this day to be his special people, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments;
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5That I may see the good of your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.
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7Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to the servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD who is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose you.
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17And confirmed to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
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43And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
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4Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
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24For you have confirmed to yourself your people Israel to be a people unto you forever: and you, LORD, have become their God.
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5And say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up my hand to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up my hand to them, saying, I am the LORD your God;
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12And gave their land as a heritage, a heritage to Israel his people.
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9But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;