Deuteronomy 18:2 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and he hath no inheritance in the midst of his brethren; Jehovah Himself [is] his inheritance, as He hath spoken to him.

English ASV

And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: Jehovah is their inheritance, as he hath spoken unto them.

English Amplified

They shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord is their inheritance, as He promised them.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

They shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord is their inheritance, as He promised them.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the Lord is their inheritance, as He promised them.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Although Levi has no inheritance among his brothers, the LORD is his inheritance, as he promised him.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

but they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: Jehovah, he is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.

English EASY 2024

They will receive no land among the other Israelites. The Lord himself is the one who gives them everything that they need. He has promised to do that for them.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The tribe of Levi will not get any share of land like the other tribes. Their share is the Lord himself, as he said to them.

They shall have no inheritance among their brothers; the LORD is their inheritance, as he promised them.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

They are to own no land, as the other tribes do; their share is the privilege of being the Lord 's priests, as the Lord has promised.

English God's Word - GW 1995

So the Levites will have no land of their own like the other Israelites. The Lord will be their inheritance, as he promised them.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Although Levi has no inheritance among his brothers, the LORD is his inheritance, as He promised him.

English KJV 1611

Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.

English LSB

And they shall have no inheritance among their brothers; Yahweh is their inheritance, as He promised them.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

They will have no inheritance among their brothers. The Lord is their inheritance, just as He has said to them.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"They shall have no inheritance among their countrymen; the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Levi shall have no heritage among his brothers; the LORD himself is his heritage, as he has told him.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

They will have no inheritance in the midst of their fellow Israelites; the LORD alone is their inheritance, just as he had told them.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

They won't have any part of the land the Lord gave the other tribes in Israel. The Lord himself is their share, just as he promised them.

English NIV

They shall have no inheritance among their brothers; the LORD is their inheritance, as he promised them.

English NKJ 1982

Therefore they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord is their inheritance, as He said to them.

English NLT

They will have no inheritance of their own among the Israelites. The LORD himself is their inheritance, just as he promised them.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

but they shall have no inheritance among the other members of the community; the LORD is their inheritance, as he promised them.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

They shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord is their inheritance, as he promised them.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

They don't need to own property, for the Lord is their property! That is what he promised them!

English Tyndale 1537

but shall have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD he is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.

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