KJV King James Version
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
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Psalm 48:12
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
WEB World English Bible
Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers.
ASV American Standard Version
Walk about Zion, and go round about her; Number the towers thereof;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Compass Zion, and go round her, count her towers,
Surrounding context — Psalm 48
9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
10 According to thy name, O God, so [is] thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell [it] to the generation following.
14 For this God [is] our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide [even] unto death.
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Matthew 24:1-2And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to [him] for to shew him the buildings of the temple.Isaiah 33:18-20Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where [is] the scribe? where [is] the receiver? where [is] he that counted the towers?Nehemiah 12:31-40Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great [companies of them that gave] thanks, [whereof one] went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:
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