Psalms 132:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah: We found it in the field of the wood.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 17:12 : 12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in years] among men.
1 Sam 7:1 : 1 And the men of Kiriath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Jehovah, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Jehovah.
1 Chr 13:5-6 : 5 So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor [the brook] of Egypt even unto the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim. 6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, [that is], to Kiriath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God Jehovah that sitteth [above] the cherubim, [ that is called] [by the Name.]
Mic 5:2 : 2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
Gen 35:19 : 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).
Ruth 1:2 : 2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 132:5
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5Until I find out a place for Jehovah, A tabernacle for the Mighty One of Jacob.
Ps 132:7
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7We will go into his tabernacles; We will worship at his footstool.
Ps 48:8-9
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72%
8As we have heard, so have we seen In the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. {H5542}
9We have thought on thy lovingkindness, O God, In the midst of thy temple.
Ps 76:1-2
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1For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song. In Judah is God known: His name is great in Israel.
2In Salem also is his tabernacle, And his dwelling-place in Zion.
Gen 37:15
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15And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
Ps 122:1-2
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1A Song of Ascents; of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of Jehovah.
2Our feet are standing Within thy gates, O Jerusalem,
Prov 7:15
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15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
Ps 48:3
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3God hath made himself known in her palaces for a refuge.
Ps 116:19
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19In the courts of Jehovah's house, In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye Jehovah.
Acts 7:46
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46who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
Ps 44:1
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1For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old.
Judg 17:8
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8And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find [a place], and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
Judg 19:18
68%
18And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah unto the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim; from thence am I, and I went to Beth-lehem-judah: and I am [now] going to the house of Jehovah; and there is no man that taketh me into his house.
Num 24:5
68%
5How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel!
Judg 18:13
68%
13And they passed thence unto the hill-country of Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.
Ps 132:14
68%
14This is my resting-place for ever: Here will I dwell; For I have desired it.
2 Chr 1:4
67%
4But the ark of God had David brought up from Kiriath-jearim to [the place] that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
Ps 26:8
67%
8Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house, And the place where thy glory dwelleth.
Ps 132:2
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2How he sware unto Jehovah, And vowed unto the Mighty One of Jacob:
2 Chr 6:11
67%
11And there have I set the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with the children of Israel.
Ps 84:1
67%
1For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!
Job 28:23
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23God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.
Isa 22:8
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8And he took away the covering of Judah; and thou didst look in that day to the armor in the house of the forest.
Ps 78:3
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3Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
1 Sam 6:13
67%
13And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
1 Sam 6:9
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9And see; if it goeth up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.
1 Kgs 8:21
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21And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
Ps 137:1-2
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1By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.
2Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.
Jer 31:6
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6For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the hills of Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto Jehovah our God.
2 Chr 34:15
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15And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of Jehovah. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.
Ps 15:1
67%
1A Psalm of David. Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
Gen 28:16
67%
16And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely Jehovah is in this place; and I knew it not.
Gen 22:14
67%
14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided.
1 Chr 13:6
67%
6And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, [that is], to Kiriath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God Jehovah that sitteth [above] the cherubim, [ that is called] [by the Name.]
Ps 55:14
67%
14We took sweet counsel together; We walked in the house of God with the throng.
Ps 135:2
66%
2Ye that stand in the house of Jehovah, In the courts of the house of our God.
Jer 6:24
66%
24We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.
Ps 46:7
66%
7Jehovah of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. {H5542}
Deut 32:10
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10He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye.
Judg 19:13
66%
13And he said unto his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
1 Chr 15:1
66%
1And [David] made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
Ps 126:3
66%
3Jehovah hath done great things for us, [Whereof] we are glad.
2 Sam 18:6
66%
6So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
1 Chr 13:3
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3and let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we sought not unto it in the days of Saul.
Song 1:17
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17The beams of our house are cedars, [And] our rafters are firs.
Deut 33:15
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15And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, And for the precious things of the everlasting hills,