Psalms 87:2

In 11 translations

BSB

The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

KJV

The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

WEB

Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

ASV

Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob.

LSV

YHWH is loving the gates of Zion || Above all the dwelling places of Jacob.

YLT

Jehovah is loving the gates of Zion Above all the tabernacles of Jacob.

DBY

Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion more than all the habitations of Jacob.

DRC86:2

The Lord loveth the gates of Sion above all the tabernacles of Jacob.

GNV

The Lord loueth the gates of Zion aboue all the habitations of Iaakob.

JPS

The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

LXXE86:2

The Lord loves the gates of Sion, more than all the tabernacles of Jacob.

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WLC

אֹהֵ֣ב יְ֭הוָה שַׁעֲרֵ֣י צִיּ֑וֹן מִ֝כֹּ֗ל מִשְׁכְּנ֥וֹת יַעֲקֹֽב׃

LXX-Br86:2

Ἀγαπᾷ Κύριος τὰς πύλας Σιὼν, ὑπὲρ πάντα τὰ σκηνώματα Ἰακώβ.

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• Psalms 132:13–14For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home: “This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.
• 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.
• Psalms 78:67–69He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim. But 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.
• 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.
• 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.’
• 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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