Psalms 78:70
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
KJV
He chose David also his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds:
ASV
וַ֭/יִּבְחַר בְּ/דָוִ֣ד עַבְדּ֑/וֹ וַ֝/יִּקָּחֵ֗/הוּ מִֽ/מִּכְלְאֹ֥ת צֹֽאן
Hebrew
And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock,
YLT
He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;
WEB
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6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בָּחַ֣ר
bchr
verb · 168×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
מִּכְלָה֙
mklh
noun · 3×
צֹ֣אן
ts'n
noun · 269×
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Cross-references
- 1Kgs 19:19 — So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
- 1Sam 13:14 — But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LOR
- 1Sam 16:11 — And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not
- 1Sam 16:11 — And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not
- 1Sam 16:19 — Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.
- 2Sam 5:2 — Also 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 Isr
- 2Sam 6:21 — And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play befo
- 2Sam 7:8 — Now 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:
- 2Sam 23:1 — Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
- Acts 13:22 — And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfi
- Acts 13:22 — And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfi
- Acts 20:28 — Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
- Amos 1:1 — The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before
- Amos 7:15 — And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
- Exod 3:1 — Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
- Gen 31:40 — Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
- Jer 23:4 — And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD.
- Job 36:7 — He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
- Luke 2:8 — And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
- Ps 65:4 — Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
- Ps 75:2 — When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
- Ps 131:1 — Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.