Psalms 68:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.”
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“Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell in it for ever.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Why do ye envy, O high hills, The hill God hath desired for His seat? Jehovah also doth tabernacle for ever.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 68:16 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 12:5Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
- Deuteronomy 12:11then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.
- 1 Kings 9:3And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
- Psalms 87:1He has founded His city on the holy mountains.
- Psalms 114:4the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
- Psalms 114:6O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs?
- Psalms 132:13For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
- Isaiah 2:2In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
- Hebrews 12:22Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
- Revelation 21:2I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
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