Parallel Verses
King James 2000
For the 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.
A Conservative Version
For LORD has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.
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.
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 your children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon your throne forevermore. 13 For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation. 14 This is my rest forever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 68:16
Why leap you, you high hills? this is the hill which God desires to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it forever.
Psalm 48:1-3
[A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.] Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
Psalm 76:1-2
[To the Chief Musician on neginoth. A Psalm or Song of Asaph.] In Judah is God 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
The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Isaiah 14:32
What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD has founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
Hebrews 12:22
But you are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,