KJV King James Version
He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
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Psalm 47:4
He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah
WEB World English Bible
He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
ASV American Standard Version
He chooseth our inheritance for us, The glory of Jacob whom he loved. [Selah
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
He doth choose for us our inheritance, The excellency of Jacob that He loves. Selah.
Surrounding context — Psalm 47
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
2 For the LORD most high [is] terrible; [he is] a great King over all the earth.
3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
7 For God [is] the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
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1 Peter 1:4To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,Nahum 2:2For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.Amos 6:8The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.Amos 8:7The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.Isaiah 60:15Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through [thee], I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.Hosea 14:4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.1 John 4:9-10In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.Ephesians 2:4-5But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,Deuteronomy 7:6-8For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that [are] upon the face of the earth.Jeremiah 3:19But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.Malachi 1:2I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? [Was] not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,Ephesians 1:18The 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,Ezekiel 20:6In the day [that] I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which [is] the glory of all lands:Deuteronomy 11:12A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God [are] always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.Matthew 25:34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:Psalm 16:3[But] to the saints that [are] in the earth, and [to] the excellent, in whom [is] all my delight.1 Corinthians 3:22-23Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;Deuteronomy 33:3Yea, he loved the people; all his saints [are] in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; [every one] shall receive of thy words.
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