Psalms 87:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.”
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BSBPD
“The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Jehovah is loving the gates of Zion Above all the tabernacles of Jacob.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 87:2 — 8 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.
- 2 Chronicles 6:6But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
- Psalms 78:67He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim.
- Psalms 78:68But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
- 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.
- Isaiah 14:32What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”
- Joel 2:32And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.
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