Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

This is my resting place forever. Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

New American Standard Bible

“This is My resting place forever;
Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

King James Version

This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

Holman Bible

“This is My resting place forever;
I will make My home here
because I have desired it.

International Standard Version

"This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, because I desire to do so.

American Standard Version

This is my resting-place for ever: Here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

Amplified


“This is My resting place forever” [says the Lord];
“Here will I dwell, for I have desired it.

Darby Translation

This is my rest for ever; here will I dwell, for I have desired it.

Julia Smith Translation

This my rest even forever: here I will dwell, for I desired it

King James 2000

This is my rest forever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"This [is] my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

Modern King James verseion

This is My rest forever; here I will dwell; for I have desired it.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"This shall be my rest; here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein.

NET Bible

He said, "This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.

New Heart English Bible

"This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, for I have desired it.

The Emphasized Bible

This, is my place of rest unto futurity, Here, will I dwell, for I have desired it;

Webster

This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

World English Bible

"This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, for I have desired it.

Youngs Literal Translation

This is My rest for ever and ever, Here do I sit, for I have desired it.

References

Context Readings

David And Zion Chosen

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. 15 I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread.

Cross References

Psalm 132:8

Arise, O LORD, into thy resting-place, thou, and the ark of thy strength.

1 Kings 8:13

I have surely built thee a house of habitation, a place for thee to dwell in forever.

1 Kings 8:27

But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee. How much less this house that I have built!

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 68:18

Thou have ascended on high. Thou have led captivity captive. Thou have received gifts among men, yea, [among] the rebellious also, that LORD God might dwell [with them].

Psalm 76:2

In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling-place in Zion.

Psalm 87:2

LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

Psalm 135:21

Blessed be LORD out of Zion, who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise ye LORD.

Isaiah 8:18

Behold, I and the children whom LORD has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from LORD of hosts, who dwells in mount Zion.

Isaiah 11:10

And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, {and he who arises to rule over the Gentiles (LXX/NT)}. In him shall the Gentiles {hope (LXX/NT)}, and his resting-place shall be glorious.

Isaiah 12:6

Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion, for great in the midst of thee is the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart o

Isaiah 66:1

Thus says LORD, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What manner of house will ye build to me, and what place shall be my rest?

Joel 3:21

And I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed. For LORD dwells in Zion.

Zephaniah 3:17

LORD thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over thee with joy. He will rest in his love. He will joy over thee with singing.

Matthew 23:21

And he who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells in it.

Ephesians 2:22

in whom ye also are built together in Spirit into a habitation of God.

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,

Revelation 21:23

And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, so that they might shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it, and the light of it is the Lamb.

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