Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

For He has strengthened the bars of your gates;
He has blessed your sons within you.

King James Version

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

Holman Bible

For He strengthens the bars of your gates
and blesses your children within you.

International Standard Version

For he has strengthened the bars of your gates, blessing your children within you.

A Conservative Version

For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates. He has blessed thy sons within thee.

American Standard Version

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.

Amplified


For He has strengthened the bars of your gates,
He has blessed your children within you.

Bible in Basic English

He has made strong the iron bands of your doors; he has sent blessings on your children inside your walls.

Darby Translation

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee;

Julia Smith Translation

For he strengthened the bars of thy gates; he blessed thy sons within thee.

King James 2000

For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

for he strengthens the bars of your gates. He blesses your children within you;

Modern King James verseion

For He has made the bars of your gates strong; He has blessed your sons within you.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates, and hath blessed thy children within thee.

NET Bible

For he makes the bars of your gates strong. He blesses your children within you.

New Heart English Bible

For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.

The Emphasized Bible

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy children in thy midst:

Webster

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

World English Bible

For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.

Youngs Literal Translation

For He did strengthen the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy sons in thy midst.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the bars
בּריח 
B@riyach 
Usage: 41

of thy gates
שׁער 
Sha`ar 
Usage: 374

בּרך 
Barak 
Usage: 330

קרב 
Qereb 
Usage: 226

Verse Info

Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Providence

12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
13 For He has strengthened the bars of your gates;
He has blessed your sons within you.
14 He makes peace in your borders;
He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat.


Cross References

Nehemiah 3:1-16

Then Eliashib the high priest arose with his brothers the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They consecrated the wall to the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.

Nehemiah 6:1

Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, to Geshem the Arab and to the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall, and that no breach remained in it, although at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates,

Nehemiah 7:1

Now when the wall was rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

Nehemiah 7:3

Then I said to them, “Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot, and while they are standing guard, let them shut and bolt the doors. Also appoint guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each at his post, and each in front of his own house.”

Nehemiah 12:30

The priests and the Levites purified themselves; they also purified the people, the gates and the wall.

Psalm 48:11-14

Let Mount Zion be glad,
Let the daughters of Judah rejoice
Because of Your judgments.

Psalm 51:18

By Your favor do good to Zion;
Build the walls of Jerusalem.

Psalm 115:14-15

May the Lord give you increase,
You and your children.

Psalm 125:2

As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
So the Lord surrounds His people
From this time forth and forever.

Psalm 128:3-6

Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
Within your house,
Your children like olive plants
Around your table.

Psalm 144:12

Let our sons in their youth be as grown-up plants,
And our daughters as corner pillars fashioned as for a palace;

Isaiah 44:3-5

‘For I will pour out water on the thirsty land
And streams on the dry ground;
I will pour out My Spirit on your offspring
And My blessing on your descendants;

Jeremiah 30:19-20

‘From them will proceed thanksgiving
And the voice of those who celebrate;
And I will multiply them and they will not be diminished;
I will also honor them and they will not be insignificant.

Lamentations 2:8-9

The Lord determined to destroy
The wall of the daughter of Zion.
He has stretched out a line,
He has not restrained His hand from destroying,
And He has caused rampart and wall to lament;
They have languished together.

Lamentations 4:12

The kings of the earth did not believe,
Nor did any of the inhabitants of the world,
That the adversary and the enemy
Could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

Daniel 9:25

So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress.

Zechariah 8:3-5

Thus says the Lord, ‘I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.’

Luke 19:42-44

saying, “If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.

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