Psalms 68:16
The mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; a mountain of many peaks is Mount Bashan.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
KJV1611 – Modern English
Why do you leap, you high hills? This is the hill which God desires to dwell in; yes, the LORD will dwell in it forever.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Why look{H7520} ye askance, ye high{H1386} mountains,{H2022} At the mountain{H2022} which God{H430} hath desired{H2530} for his abode?{H3427} Yea, Jehovah{H3068} will dwell{H7931} [in it] for ever.{H5331}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Why leap{H7520}{H8762)} ye, ye high{H1386} hills{H2022}? this is the hill{H2022} which God{H430} desireth{H2530}{H8804)} to dwell in{H3427}{H8800)}; yea, the LORD{H3068} will dwell{H7931}{H8799)} in it for ever{H5331}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Why hoppe ye so, ye greate hilles? It pleaseth God to dwell vpo this hill, yee the LORDE wil abyde in it for euer.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Why leape ye, ye high mountaines? as for this Mountaine, God deliteth to dwell in it: yea, the Lord will dwell in it for euer.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Why skyp you so the high hylles? this is the Lordes hyll in the which it pleaseth hym to dwell, yea God wyll abyde in it for euer.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
Why leap ye, ye high hills? [this is] the hill [which] God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell [in it] for ever.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, At the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Why do ye envy, O high hills, The hill God hath desired for His seat? Jehovah also doth tabernacle for ever.
American Standard Version (1901)
Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell `in it' for ever.
American Standard Version (1901)
Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell [in it] for ever.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Why are you looking with envy, you high hills, on the hill desired by God as his resting-place? truly, God will make it his house for ever.
World English Bible (2000)
Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, at the mountain where God has decided to live? Indeed the LORD will live there permanently!
Referenced Verses
- Deut 12:5 : 5 Instead, seek the place that the Lord your God will choose from among all your tribes to put His name and make His presence dwell, and go there.
- Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place: 14 'This is My resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.'
- Heb 12:22-23 : 22 But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, 23 to the assembly of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
- Rev 21:2-3 : 2 And I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 'Behold, the dwelling place of God is with humanity. He will dwell with them, and they will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.'
- Isa 2:2 : 2 In the last days, the mountain of the Lord's house will be firmly established at the top of the mountains, lifted above the hills, and all nations will flow to it.
- Deut 12:11 : 11 Then to the place the Lord your God chooses for His name to dwell, you shall bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes, your special gifts, and all the choice offerings you have vowed to the Lord.
- 1 Kgs 9:3 : 3 The LORD said to him, 'I have heard your prayer and your plea that you made before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will always be there.'
- Ps 87:1-2 : 1 A psalm, a song of the sons of Korah: His foundation is on the holy mountains. 2 The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
- Ps 114:4 : 4 The mountains leaped like rams, the hills like lambs.
- Ps 114:6 : 6 Mountains, why do you leap like rams, and hills, like lambs?
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