Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Lo, we heard of the same at Ephrata, and found it in the wood.

New American Standard Bible

Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah,
We found it in the field of Jaar.

King James Version

Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

Holman Bible

We heard of the ark in Ephrathah;
we found it in the fields of Jaar.

International Standard Version

We heard about it in Ephrata; we found it in the fields of Jaar.

A Conservative Version

Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of the wood.

American Standard Version

Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah: We found it in the field of the wood.

Amplified


Behold, we heard of it at Ephrathah;
We found it in the field of Jaar.

Darby Translation

Behold, we heard of it at Ephratah, we found it in the fields of the wood.

Julia Smith Translation

Behold, we heard it in Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the forest

King James 2000

Lo, we heard of it at Ephrathah: we found it in the fields of the woods.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Look, we heard of it in Ephrathah; we found her in the fields of Jaar.

Modern King James verseion

Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah; we found it in the fields of the wood.

NET Bible

Look, we heard about it in Ephrathah, we found it in the territory of Jaar.

New Heart English Bible

Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar:

The Emphasized Bible

Lo! we heard of it at Ephrathah, we found it in the fields of the wood.

Webster

Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

World English Bible

Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar:

Youngs Literal Translation

'Lo, we have heard it in Ephratah, We have found it in the fields of the forest.

Context Readings

David And Zion Chosen

5 until I find out a place for the temple of the LORD, a habitation for the mighty one of Jacob." 6 Lo, we heard of the same at Ephrata, and found it in the wood. 7 We will go into his tabernacle, and fall low on our knees before his footstool.

Cross References

1 Samuel 17:12

And this David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, named Jesse; which Jesse had eight sons, and was an old man in the days of Saul among the people.

1 Samuel 7:1

And the men of Kiriathjearim came and set up the ark of the LORD, and brought it unto the house of Abinadab in Gibeah and sanctified Eleazar his son to wait upon the ark of the LORD.

Genesis 35:19

And thus died Rachel, and was buried in the way to Ephrata which now is called Bethlehem.

Ruth 1:2

The name of the man was Elimelech, and his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion and they were Ephraimites, out of Bethlehem Judah. And when they came into the land of Moab, they continued there.

1 Chronicles 13:5-6

And David gathered all Israel together from Shihor in Egypt unto Hamath, to bring the Ark of the Lord from Kiriathjearim.

Micah 5:2

And thou Bethlehem Ephrata, art little among the thousands of Judah: Out of thee shall come one, unto me, which shall be the governour in Israel: whose outgoing hath been from the beginning, and from everlasting.

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