Psalms 132:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־בָחַ֣ר יְהוָ֣ה בְּצִיּ֑וֹן אִ֝וָּ֗הּ לְמוֹשָׁ֥ב לֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

for-bāḥar YHWH in-ṣiyyôn ʾiwwāh to-môšāb to-him

Grammar Details

• *bāḥar*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular with conjunction ki - for he has chosen
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ṣiyyôn*: proper name with preposition bet - in Zion
• *ʾiwwāh*: piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has desired
• *môšāb*: noun with preposition lamed - for dwelling place
• *lô*: preposition lamed with 3rd masculine singular suffix - for him

Word Meanings

• *môšāb*: dwelling place/habitation/seat

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place:

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For Jehovah{H3068} hath chosen{H977} Zion;{H6726} He hath desired{H183} it for his habitation.{H4186}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For the LORD{H3068} hath chosen{H977}{(H8804)} Zion{H6726}; he hath desired{H183}{(H8765)} it for his habitation{H4186}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf thy children wil kepe my couenaunt, & my testimony yt I shal lerne the, their childre also shal syt vpo thy seate for euermore.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the Lord hath chosen Zion, and loued to dwell in it, saying,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For God hath chosen to be in Sion: he had a desire that it might be an habitation for hym.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For Jehovah hath fixed on Zion, He hath desired `it' for a seat to Himself,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for his habitation.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for his habitation.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the Lord's heart is on Zion, desiring it for his resting-place.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Certainly the LORD has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 68:16 : 16 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.
• Ps 76:1-2 : 1 In Judah, God is known; His name is great in Israel. 2 In Salem also is His tabernacle, and His dwelling place in Zion.
• Ps 78:68-69 : 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved. 69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he has established forever.
• Ps 87:2 : 2 The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
• Isa 14:32 : 32 What will one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD has founded Zion, and the poor of his people will trust in it.
• Heb 12:22 : 22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,
• Ps 48:1-3 : 1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in His holy mountain. 2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. 3 God is known in her palaces as a refuge.