KJV King James Version
From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
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Psalm 78:71
From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.
WEB World English Bible
from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.
ASV American Standard Version
From following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
From behind suckling ones He hath brought him in, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance.
Surrounding context — Psalm 78
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
69 And he built his sanctuary like high [palaces], like the earth which he hath established for ever.
70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
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2 Samuel 5:2Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.1 Chronicles 11:2And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou [wast] he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.Psalm 75:6-7For promotion [cometh] neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.Ezekiel 34:23-24And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, [even] my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.1 Peter 5:2Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight [thereof], not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;Genesis 33:13And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children [are] tender, and the flocks and herds with young [are] with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.1 Samuel 2:7-8The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.Isaiah 40:11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry [them] in his bosom, [and] shall gently lead those that are with young.Psalm 28:9Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.1 Samuel 10:1Then 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?John 21:15-17So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.Jeremiah 27:5-6I have made the earth, the man and the beast that [are] upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.Micah 5:2-4But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, [though] thou be little among the thousands of Judah, [yet] out of thee shall he come forth unto me [that is] to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from everlasting.Psalm 113:7-8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;Zechariah 11:4-17Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;2 Samuel 7:8Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:Matthew 2:6And thou Bethlehem, [in] the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
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