KJV King James Version
The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
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Psalm 87:2
The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
ASV American Standard Version
Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Jehovah is loving the gates of Zion Above all the tabernacles of Jacob.
Surrounding context — Psalm 87
1 A Psalm [or] Song for the sons of Korah. His foundation [is] in the holy mountains.
2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this [man] was born there.
5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.
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Psalm 132:13-14For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation.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:Psalm 78:67-69Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:Isaiah 14:32What shall [one] then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.2 Chronicles 6:6But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.Joel 2:32And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
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