Deuteronomy 32 · Verse 9

Deuteronomy 32:9

For the Lord’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Deuteronomy 32:9, King James Version

Deuteronomy 32:9 in other translations

BSBBut the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
WEBFor the LORD’s portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
ASVFor Jehovah’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
YLTFor Jehovah's portion is His people, Jacob is the line of His inheritance.
DARBYFor Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob the lot of his inheritance.
BBEFor the Lord's wealth is his people; Jacob is the land of his heritage.
WebsterFor the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

What does Deuteronomy 32:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 32:8-9

8-9. When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance--In the division of the earth, which Noah is believed to have made by divine direction (Ge 10:5; De 2:5-9; Ac 17:26, 27), Palestine was reserved by the wisdom and goodness of Heaven for the possession of His peculiar people and the display of the most stupendous wonders. The theater was small, but admirably suited for the convenient observation of the…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 The Lord's portion is his people - What an astonishing saying! As holy souls take God for their portion, so God takes them for his portion. He represents himself as happy in his followers; and they are infinitely happy in, and satisfied with, God as their portion. This is what is implied in being a saint. He who is seeking for an earthly portion, has little commerce with the Most High.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:7-14

Moses gives particular instances of God's kindness and concern for them. The eagle's care for her young is a beautiful emblem of Christ's love, who came between Divine justice and our guilty souls, and bare our sins in his own body on the tree. And by the preached gospel, and the influences of the Holy Spirit, He stirs up and prevails upon sinners to leave Satan's bondage. In ver. #(13-14), are emblems of the…

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Deuteronomy 32:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֛יkiforH3588
חֵ֥לֶקChe.lek[the] portion ofH2506
יְהֹוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
עַמּ֑וֹa.Mo[is] people hisH5971
יַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
חֶ֥בֶלChe.vel[is] [the] measured portion ofH2256
נַחֲלָתֽוֹ\׃na.cha.la.Toinheritance hisH5159

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 32:9

  • Jeremiah 10:16

    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.

  • 1 Peter 2:9-10

    But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

  • 1 Kings 8:51

    For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:

  • Exodus 19:5-6

    Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

  • 1 Kings 8:53

    For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.

  • Jeremiah 51:19

    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.

  • Psalms 135:4

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

  • Deuteronomy 26:18-19

    And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken.

  • Isaiah 43:21

    This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

  • Ephesians 1:18

    The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

  • 1 Samuel 10:1

    Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?

  • Micah 2:5

    Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the Lord's.
26:18,19; Ex 15:16; 19:5,6; 1Sa 10:1; Ps 78:71; 135:4; Isa 43:21
Jer 10:16; 51:19; Eph 1:18; 1Pe 2:9,10
lot. Heb. cord.
Mic 2:5

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 32:8

    When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

  • Deuteronomy 32:9

    For the Lord’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

  • Deuteronomy 32:10

    He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

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Deuteronomy 32:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque la parte de Jehová es su pueblo; Jacob la cuerda de su heredad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car la portion de l’ Éternel, c’est son peuple; Jacob est le lot de son héritage.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn Jehovas Teil ist sein Volk, Jakob die Schnur seines Erbteils.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Pars autem Domini, populus ejus: Jacob funiculus hæreditatis ejus.