KJV King James 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.
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Psalm 68:16
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.
WEB World English Bible
Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Why do ye envy, O high hills, The hill God hath desired for His seat? Jehovah also doth tabernacle for ever.
Surrounding context — Psalm 68
13 Though ye have lien among the pots, [yet shall ye be as] the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was [white] as snow in Salmon.
15 The hill of God [is as] the hill of Bashan; an high hill [as] the hill of Bashan.
16 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.
17 The chariots of God [are] twenty thousand, [even] thousands of angels: the Lord [is] among them, [as in] Sinai, in the holy [place].
18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, [for] the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell [among them].
19 Blessed [be] the Lord, [who] daily loadeth us [with benefits, even] the God of our salvation. Selah.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
לָ֤מָּה׀H4100 · mahwhat?תְּֽרַצְּדוּן֮H7520 · ra.tsadto watch with envyהָרִ֪יםH2022 · harmountain: mountגַּבְנֻ֫נִּ֥יםH1386 · gav.nonpeakהָהָ֗רH2022 · harmountain: mountחָמַ֣דH2530 · cha.madto desireאֱלֹהִ֣יםH430 · e.lo.himGodלְשִׁבְתּ֑וֹH3427 · ya.shavto dwellאַף־H637 · aphalsoיְ֝הוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDיִשְׁכֹּ֥ןH7931 · sha.khanto dwellלָנֶֽצַח׃H5331 · ne.tsachperpetuity
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 12:5But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:Revelation 21:2-3And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.Psalm 132:13-14For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation.Hebrews 12:22-23But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,Deuteronomy 12:11Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:1 Kings 9:3And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.Isaiah 2:2And it shall come to pass in the last days, [that] the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.Psalm 114:6Ye mountains, [that] ye skipped like rams; [and] ye little hills, like lambs?Psalm 114:4The mountains skipped like rams, [and] the little hills like lambs.Psalm 87:1-2A Psalm [or] Song for the sons of Korah. His foundation [is] in the holy mountains.
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