Psalms 132:13

In 11 translations

BSB

For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:

KJV

For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.

WEB

For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.

ASV

For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for his habitation.

LSV

For YHWH has fixed on Zion, || He has desired [it] for a seat to Himself,

YLT

For Jehovah hath fixed on Zion, He hath desired [it] for a seat to Himself,

DBY

For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his dwelling:

DRC131:13

For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for his dwelling.

GNV

For the Lord hath chosen Zion, and loued to dwell in it, saying,

JPS

For the LORD hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for His habitation:

LXXE131:13

For the Lord has elected Sion, he has chosen her for a habitation for himself, saying,

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WLC

כִּֽי־בָחַ֣ר יְהוָ֣ה בְּצִיּ֑וֹן אִ֝וָּ֗הּ לְמוֹשָׁ֥ב לֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br131:13

Ὅτι ἐξελέξατο Κύριος τὴν Σιὼν, ᾑρετίσατο αὐτὴν εἰς κατοικίαν ἑαυτῷ.

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• Psalms 78:68–69But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved. He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.
• 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
• Psalms 87:2The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
• Psalms 68:16Why 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.
• Psalms 76:1–2God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel. His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.
• Psalms 48:1–3Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain. Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King. God is in…
• 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.”

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