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The LORD Has Chosen Zion

Psalms 132:6

In 11 translations

BSB
We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.Literally Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah
KJV
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
WEB
Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar.
ASV
Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah: We found it in the field of the wood.
LSV
Behold, we have heard it in Ephratah, || We have found it in the fields of the forest.
YLT
'Lo, we have heard it in Ephratah, We have found it in the fields of the forest.
DBY
Behold, we heard of it at Ephratah, we found it in the fields of the wood.
DRC131:6
Behold we have heard of it in Ephrata: we have found it in the fields of the wood.
GNV
Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah, and found it in the fieldes of the forest.
JPS
Lo, we heard of it as being in Ephrath; we found it in the field of the wood.
LXXE131:6
Behold, we heard of it in Ephratha; we found it in the fields of the wood.

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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
הִנֵּֽה־שְׁמַֽעֲנ֥וּהָ בְאֶפְרָ֑תָה מְ֝צָאנ֗וּהָ בִּשְׂדֵי־יָֽעַר׃
LXX-Br131:6
Ἰδοὺ ἠκούσαμεν αὐτὴν ἐν Ἐφραθὰ, εὕρομεν αὐτὴν ἐν τοῖς πεδίοις τοῦ δρυμοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Samuel 17:12Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons in the days of Saul. And Jesse was old and well along in years.
  • 1 Samuel 7:1Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.
  • Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel — One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
  • 1 Chronicles 13:5–6So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim. David and all Israel went up to Baalah of Judah (that is, Kiriath-jearim) to bring up from…
  • Genesis 35:19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
  • Ruth 1:2The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.

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