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The LORD Loves the Gates of Zion

Psalms 87:6

In 11 translations

BSB
The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selah
KJV
The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
WEB
Yahweh will count, when he writes up the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah.
ASV
Jehovah will count, when he writeth up the peoples, This one was born there. [Selah
LSV
YHWH recounts in the describing of the peoples, “This [one] was born there.” Selah.
YLT
Jehovah doth recount in the describing of the peoples, 'This [one] was born there.' Selah.
DBY
Jehovah will count, when he inscribeth the peoples, This [man] was born there. Selah.
DRC86:6
The Lord shall tell in his writings of peoples and of princes, of them that have been in her.
GNV
The Lord shall count, when hee writeth the people, He was borne there. Selah.
JPS
The LORD shall count in the register of the peoples: 'This one was born there.' Selah
LXXE86:6
The Lord shall recount it in the writing of the people, and of these princes that were born in her. Pause.Gr. have been in her.

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Original-language editions

WLC
יְֽהוָ֗ה יִ֭סְפֹּר בִּכְת֣וֹב עַמִּ֑ים זֶ֖ה יֻלַּד־שָׁ֣ם סֶֽלָה׃
LXX-Br86:6
Κύριος διηγήσεται ἐν γραφῇ λαῶν, καὶ ἀρχόντων τούτων τῶν γεγενημένων ἐν αὐτῇ. διάψαλμα.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 4:3Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy— all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living—
  • Luke 10:20Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
  • Ezekiel 13:9My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the…
  • Revelation 20:15And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
  • Philippians 4:3Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
  • Psalms 69:28May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.
  • Revelation 13:8And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
  • Jeremiah 3:19Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
  • Psalms 22:30Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
  • Galatians 4:26–31But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the…
  • Ezekiel 9:4“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”

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