Parallel Verses

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.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Lo, we heard of the same at Ephrata, and found it in 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 a place for Jehovah, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob. 6 Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah,
We found it in the field of Jaar.
7 Let us go to his dwelling place. Let us worship at his footstool.

Cross References

1 Samuel 17:12

David was a son of a man named Jesse from the region of Ephrath and the city of Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons. In Saul's day he was an old man.

1 Samuel 7:1

The people of Kiriath Jearim got the Ark and took it to Abinadab's house on a hill in their town. His son Eleazar took care of it.

Genesis 35:19

Rachel died and was buried on the way to Bethlehem (Ephrath).

Ruth 1:2

The man was Elimelech, and his wife was Naomi, and the two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem in Judah. They went to Moab and stayed there.

1 Chronicles 13:5-6

David assembled all the Israelites, from the Shihor River in Egypt to Lebo to the entrance to Hamath, to bring the Ark of God from Kiriath Jearim.

Micah 5:2

You Bethlehem Ephrathah who are little to be among the thousands of Judah. Out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel! His origin is from of old, from everlasting (days of antiquity) (ancient times).

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