Psalms 69:35

KJV1611 – Modern English

For God will save Zion and will build the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and have it in possession.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְֽ֭הַלְלוּהוּ שָׁמַ֣יִם וָאָ֑רֶץ יַ֝מִּ֗ים וְֽכָל־רֹמֵ֥שׂ בָּֽם׃

Transliteration

yĕhalĕlûhû šāmayim and-'āreṣ yammîm and-all-rōmēś in-them

Grammar Details

• *yĕhalĕlûhû*: Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - let them praise him
• *šāmayim*: masculine plural noun - heavens
• *'āreṣ*: feminine singular noun with prefixed conjunction waw - and earth
• *yammîm*: masculine plural noun - seas
• *rōmēś*: Qal participle, masculine singular - moving/creeping

Word Meanings

• *yĕhalĕlûhû*: let them praise him/may they praise him
• *šāmayim*: heavens/sky
• *'āreṣ*: earth/land
• *yammîm*: seas/oceans
• *rōmēś*: moving/creeping/crawling

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Let the heavens and the earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For God{H430} will save{H3467} Zion,{H6726} and build{H1129} the cities{H5892} of Judah;{H3063} And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.{H3423}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For God{H430} will save{H3467}{H8686)} Zion{H6726}, and will build{H1129}{H8799)} the cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063}: that they may dwell{H3427}{H8804)} there, and have it in possession{H3423}{H8804)}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Let heauen & earth praise him, the see & all that moueth therin.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For God will saue Zion, and builde the cities of Iudah, that men may dwell there and haue it in possession.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For the Lorde wyll saue Sion, and builde the cities of Iehuda: that men may dwel there and haue it in possession.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For God doth save Zion, And doth build the cities of Judah, And they have dwelt there, and possess it.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For God will be the saviour of Zion, and the builder of the towns of Judah; so that it may be their resting-place and heritage.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For God will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, and his people will again live in them and possess Zion.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 51:18 : 18 Do good in your good pleasure to Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem.
• Isa 44:26 : 26 Who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says to Jerusalem, You shall be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, You shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
• Isa 46:13 : 13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not delay: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
• Jer 33:10-11 : 10 Thus says the LORD: Again there shall be heard in this place, which you say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, 11 The voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for His mercy endures forever: and of those who shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return, as at the first, says the LORD.
• Ezek 36:35-36 : 35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fortified, and are inhabited. 36 Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant what was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.
• Obad 1:17 : 17 But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
• Rev 14:1 : 1 And I looked, and behold, a Lamb stood on Mount Zion, and with him one hundred forty-four thousand, having his Father's name written on their foreheads.
• Ps 102:13 : 13 You shall arise and have mercy upon Zion, for the time to favor her, yes, the set time, has come.
• Ps 102:16 : 16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
• Ps 147:12-13 : 12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion. 13 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you.
• 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.
• Ps 48:11-13 : 11 Let Mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of Your judgments. 12 Walk about Zion, and go all around her; count her towers. 13 Consider well her ramparts, observe her palaces; that you may tell it to the generation following.