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The LORD Has Chosen Zion

Psalms 132:14

In 11 translations

BSB
“This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.
KJV
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
WEB
“This is my resting place forever. I will live here, for I have desired it.
ASV
This is my resting-place for ever: Here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
LSV
“This [is] My rest forever and ever, || Here I sit, for I have desired it.
YLT
This [is] My rest for ever and ever, Here do I sit, for I have desired it.
DBY
This is my rest for ever; here will I dwell, for I have desired it.
DRC131:14
This is my rest for ever and ever: here will I dwell, for I have chosen it.
GNV
This is my rest for euer: here will I dwell, for I haue a delite therein.
JPS
'This is My resting-place for ever; here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
LXXE131:14
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have chosen it.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
זֹאת־מְנוּחָתִ֥י עֲדֵי־עַ֑ד פֹּֽה־אֵ֝שֵׁ֗ב כִּ֣י אִוִּתִֽיהָ׃
LXX-Br131:14
Αὕτη ἡ κατάπαυσίς μου εἰς αἰῶνα αἰῶνος, ὧδε κατοικήσω ὅτι ᾑρετισάμην αὐτήν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 132:8Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.
  • 1 Kings 8:13I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
  • Psalms 87:2The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
  • Isaiah 12:6Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
  • Psalms 135:21Blessed be the LORD from Zion— He who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!
  • Psalms 76:2His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.
  • Psalms 68:18You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.
  • Zephaniah 3:17The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
  • Isaiah 8:18Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
  • Ephesians 2:22And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.
  • Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive…
  • Isaiah 11:10On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
  • Matthew 23:21And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.
  • Isaiah 66:1This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
  • 1 Kings 8:27But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
  • Revelation 21:23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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