Psalms 132:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.”
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BSBPD
“We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah: We found it in the field of the wood.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“`Lo, we have heard it in Ephratah, We have found it in the fields of the forest.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 132:6 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 35:19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
- Ruth 1:2The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.
- 1 Samuel 7:1Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 17:12Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons in the days of Saul. And Jesse was old and well along in years.
- 2 Samuel 6:3They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart,
- 1 Chronicles 13:5So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
- Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel— One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
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