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The LORD Has Chosen Zion

Psalms 132:5

In 11 translations

BSB
until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”LXX for the God of Jacob; see Acts 7:46.
KJV
Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.an habitation: Heb. habitations
WEB
until I find out a place for Yahweh, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
ASV
Until I find out a place for Jehovah, A tabernacle for the Mighty One of Jacob.
LSV
Until I find a place for YHWH, dwelling places for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
YLT
Till I do find a place for Jehovah, Tabernacles for the Mighty One of Jacob.
DBY
Until I find out a place for Jehovah, habitations for the Mighty One of Jacob. ...
DRC131:5
Or rest to my temples: until I find out a place for the Lord, a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
GNV
Vntill I finde out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mightie God of Iaakob.
JPS
Until I find out a place for the LORD, a dwelling-place for the Mighty One of Jacob.'
LXXE131:5
until I find a place for the Lord, a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

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Original-language editions

WLC
עַד־אֶמְצָ֣א מָ֭קוֹם לַיהוָ֑ה מִ֝שְׁכָּנ֗וֹת לַאֲבִ֥יר יַעֲקֹֽב׃
LXX-Br131:5
Ἕως οὗ εὕρω τόπον τῷ Κυρίῳ, σκήνωμα τῷ Θεῷ Ἰακώβ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ephesians 2:22And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.
  • Acts 7:46–49who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. But it was Solomon who built the house for Him. However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As…
  • 1 Chronicles 22:7“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,
  • 2 Chronicles 2:6But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? Who then am I, that I should build a house for Him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before Him?
  • 1 Chronicles 15:3And David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.
  • 1 Chronicles 15:12And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.
  • 2 Samuel 6:17So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
  • 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.

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