Lamentations 3:24
The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
*The LORD is my portion, sayth my soule, therefore will I hope in him.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referencePsal. 16.5. and 73.26. and 119.57. iere. 10.16.
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- Psalms 73:26Rank 1 from verse 24
- Psalms 16:5Rank 2 from verse 24
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- Lamentations 3:21Rank 4 from verse 24
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19The 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.
19*The portion of Iacob is not like them, for he is the former of all things, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hostes is his Name.
- Psalms 31:24Rank 8 from verse 24
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- 1 Chronicles 5:20Rank 10 from verse 24
20And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.
20And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were deliuered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battell, and he was intreated of them, because they put their trust in him.
- 1 Peter 1:21Rank 11 from verse 24
- 1 Samuel 30:6Rank 12 from verse 24
6And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
6And Dauid was greatly distressed: for the people spake of stoning him, because the soule of all the people was †grieued, euery man for his sonnes, and for his daughters: but Dauid encouraged himselfe in the LORD his God.
- Jeremiah 10:16Rank 13 from verse 24
16The 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.
16*The portion of Iacob is not like them: for he is the fourmer of all things, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hostes is his Name.
- Psalms 130:7Rank 14 from verse 24
- Psalms 42:11Rank 15 from verse 24
11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
11Why art thou cast downe, O my soule? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
- Psalms 43:5Rank 16 from verse 24
5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
5*Why art thou cast downe, O my soule? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God, for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
- Psalms 84:12Rank 17 from verse 24
- Romans 15:12Rank 18 from verse 24
- Psalms 119:57Rank 19 from verse 24
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Lamentations 3:24
The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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A part, share, allotment, inheritance, assigned duty, reward, or outcome belonging or given to someone.
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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.
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1. Expectation, trust, reliance, or the good expected. 2. The person or ground on which expectation rests. 3. To expect, look for, trust, or rely upon.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
23 They are newe euery morning: great is thy faithfulnesse.
24The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
24*The LORD is my portion, sayth my soule, therefore will I hope in him.
Selected passage25The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
25The LORD is good vnto them that waite for him, to the soule that seeketh him.