Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

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.

A Conservative Version

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

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.

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 the LORD hath chosen Zion, to be a habitation for himself; he hath longed for her. 14 "This shall be my rest; here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein. 15 I will bless her victuals with increase, and 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 built thee a house to dwell in, and a habitation for thee to abide in forever."

1 Kings 8:27

But indeed can God dwell on the earth? Behold: neither heaven, nor heaven above all heavens are able to contain thee - how much less then this house that I have built?

Psalm 68:16

Why hop ye so, ye high hills? This is God's hill, in the which it pleaseth him to dwell. Yea, the LORD will abide in it forever.

Psalm 68:18

Thou art gone up on high; thou hast led captivity captive, and received gifts for men, yea, even for thine enemies, that the LORD God might dwell among them.

Psalm 76:2

At Salem is his tabernacle, and his dwelling in Zion.

Psalm 87:2

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

Psalm 135:21

Praised be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!

Isaiah 8:18

But lo, as for me, and the children which the LORD hath given me: we are a token and a wonder in Israel, for the LORD of Hosts' sake, which dwelleth upon the hill of Zion.

Isaiah 11:10

Then shall the Gentiles enquire after the root of Jesse, which shall be set up for a token unto the Gentiles; for his dwelling shall be glorious.

Isaiah 12:6

Cry and shout thou inhabiter of Zion, for great among you is the holy of Israel.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus sayeth the high and excellent, even he that dwelleth in everlastingness, whose name is the holy one: I dwell high above and in the sanctuary, and with him also, that is of a contrite and humble spirit: that I may heal a troubled mind, and a contrite heart.

Isaiah 66:1

Thus sayeth the LORD: Heaven is my seat, and the earth is my footstool. Where shall now the house stand, that ye build unto me? And where shall be the place, that I will dwell in?

Joel 3:21

And I will cleanse their blood which I have not cleansed. And the LORD shall dwell in Zion.

Zephaniah 3:17

for the LORD thy God is with thee. It is he that hath power to save: he hath a special pleasure in thee, and a marvelous love toward thee: yea he rejoiceth over thee with gladness."

Matthew 23:21

And whosoever sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

Ephesians 2:22

in whom ye also are built together, and made a habitation for God in the spirit.

Hebrews 12:22

But ye are come unto the mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the celestial Jerusalem: and to an innumerable sight of angels,

Revelation 21:23

And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to lighten it. For the brightness of God did light it: and the lamb was the light of it.

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