Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
For LORD has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.
New American Standard Bible
He has
King James Version
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
Holman Bible
He has desired it for His home:
International Standard Version
For the LORD has chosen Zion, desiring it as his dwelling place.
American Standard Version
For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for his habitation.
Amplified
For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His dwelling place:
Darby Translation
For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his dwelling:
Julia Smith Translation
For Jehovah chose in Zion; for he desired it for a dwelling to himself.
King James 2000
For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For Yahweh has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation.
Modern King James verseion
Jehovah has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling-place.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For the LORD hath chosen Zion, to be a habitation for himself; he hath longed for her.
NET Bible
Certainly the Lord has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.
New Heart English Bible
For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling.
The Emphasized Bible
For Yahweh hath chosen Zion, - He hath desired it as a dwelling for himself:
Webster
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
World English Bible
For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.
Youngs Literal Translation
For Jehovah hath fixed on Zion, He hath desired it for a seat to Himself,
Themes
Desires » What the lord desires
Israel/jews » The lord choosing israel
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 132:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
David And Zion Chosen
12 If thy sons will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their sons also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore. 13 For LORD has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation. 14 This is my resting place forever. Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 68:16
Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, at the mountain which God has desired for his abode? Yea, LORD will dwell [in it] forever.
Psalm 48:1-3
Great is LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
Psalm 76:1-2
In Judah God is known. His name is great in Israel.
Psalm 78:68-69
but chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
Psalm 87:2
LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Isaiah 14:32
What then shall [a man] answer the messengers of the nation? That LORD has founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.
Hebrews 12:22
But ye have come to mount Zion, and to the city of a living God, a heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of heavenly agents,