King James Version

1 Chronicles 16:13

O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

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זֶ֚רַעzeraseedזֶרַעnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “seed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2233seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity[idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.יִשְׂרָאֵ֣לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.עַבְדּ֔וֹavdvoservantעֶבֶדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “servant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.בְּנֵ֥יbenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […יַעֲקֹ֖בyaaqovJacobיַעֲקֹבnoun, proper name — “Jacob”H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchJacob.בְּחִירָֽיוbechirayvchooseבָּחִירnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “choose”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH972selectchoose, chosen one, elect.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

O ye seed of Israel His servant, ye children of Jacob, His chosen ones.

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American Standard Version (1901)

O ye seed of Israel his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

Young’s Literal Translation

O seed of Israel, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!

World English Bible

you offspring of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

Darby Translation

Ye seed of Israel his servant, Ye sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.

Douay-Rheims

O ye seed of Israel his servants, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

O ye seed of Israel His servant, ye children of Jacob, His chosen ones.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

ye seed of Israel his servants, ye seed of Jacob his chosen ones.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

σπέρμα Ἰσραὴλ παῖδες αὐτοῦ, υἱοὶ Ἰακὼβ ἐκλεκτοὶ αὐτοῦ.