VERSE STUDY • KJV

Psalm 132:3

Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;

Read it in 5 translations

Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;

“I will not enter my house or get into my bed,

“Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, nor go up into my bed;

Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, Nor go up into my bed;

‘If I enter into the tent of my house, If I go up on the couch of my bed,

1 A Song of degrees. LORD, remember David, [and] all his afflictions:

2 How he sware unto the LORD, [and] vowed unto the mighty [God] of Jacob;

3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;

4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, [or] slumber to mine eyelids,

5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty [God] of Jacob.

6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

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HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION

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