Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Lift up your heads, O gates,
And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in!

King James Version

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

Holman Bible

Lift up your heads, you gates!
Rise up, ancient doors!
Then the King of glory will come in.

International Standard Version

Lift up your heads, gates! Be lifted up, ancient doors, so the King of Glory may come in.

A Conservative Version

Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.

American Standard Version

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; And be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors: And the King of glory will come in.

Amplified


Lift up your heads, O gates,
And be lifted up, ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in.

Darby Translation

Lift up your heads, ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.

Julia Smith Translation

Lift up your heads, ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye openings of eternity, and the King of glory shall come in.

King James 2000

Lift up your heads, O you gates; and be you lifted up, you everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Lift up your heads, O gates, and rise up, O ancient doorways, that the king of glory may enter.

Modern King James verseion

Lift up your heads, O gates; and be lifted up, O everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

NET Bible

Look up, you gates! Rise up, you eternal doors! Then the majestic king will enter!

New Heart English Bible

Lift up your heads, you gates. Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.

The Emphasized Bible

Lift up, O ye gates, your heads, and lift yourselves up, ye age-abiding doors, That the king of glory may come in.

Webster

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

World English Bible

Lift up your heads, you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.

Youngs Literal Translation

Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory!

References

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Context Readings

A Welcome For God Into The Temple

6 This is the generation of those that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. 7 Lift up your heads, O gates,
And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in!
8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.


Cross References

1 Corinthians 2:8

which none of the princes of this age knew (for had they known it, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory).

Isaiah 26:2

Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in.

Psalm 97:6

The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory.

2 Samuel 6:17

And they brought in the ark of the LORD and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it, and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

Psalm 118:19-20

Open unto me the gates of righteousness; I will go in through them; I will praise JAH.

Numbers 10:35-36

And it came to pass, when the ark was moved, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered, and let those that hate thee flee before thee.

1 Kings 8:6

And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, in the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubim.

1 Kings 8:11

And the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.

Psalm 21:1

The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy saving health how greatly shall he rejoice!

Psalm 21:5

His glory is great in thy saving health; honour and beauty hast thou laid upon him.

Psalm 68:16-18

Why leap ye, ye high mountains? This is the mountain which God desires to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.

Psalm 132:8

Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.

Haggai 2:7

and I will shake all the Gentiles; and the desire of all the Gentiles shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, said the LORD of the hosts.

Haggai 2:9

The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, said the LORD of the hosts, and in this place I will give peace, said the LORD of the hosts.

Malachi 3:1

Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, and the angel of the covenant, whom ye desire: behold, he comes, said the LORD of the hosts.

Mark 16:19

So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven and sat at the right hand of God.

Ephesians 4:8-10

Therefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive and gave gifts unto men.

James 2:1

My brethren, do not have the faith of our Lord Jesus, the glorious Christ, with respect of persons.

1 Peter 3:22

who is at the right hand of God, having ascended into heaven, unto whom the angels and the authorities and powers are subject.

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and until the day of eternity. Amen.

Revelation 4:11

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and virtue; for thou hast created all things, and by thy will they have their being and were created.

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