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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Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

A Welcome For God Into The Temple

6 This is the generation of those who seek Him,
Who seek Your face—even 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 the King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty,
The Lord mighty in battle.


Cross References

1 Corinthians 2:8

the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;

Isaiah 26:2

“Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter,
The one that remains faithful.

Psalm 97:6

The heavens declare His righteousness,
And all the peoples have seen His glory.

2 Samuel 6:17

So they brought in the ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the tent which David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

Psalm 118:19-20

Open to me the gates of righteousness;
I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to the Lord.

Numbers 10:35-36

Then it came about when the ark set out that Moses said,
Rise up, O Lord!
And let Your enemies be scattered,
And let those who hate You flee before You.”

1 Kings 8:6

Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim.

1 Kings 8:11

so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.

Psalm 21:1

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, in Your strength the king will be glad,
And in Your salvation how greatly he will rejoice!

Psalm 21:5

His glory is great through Your salvation,
Splendor and majesty You place upon him.

Psalm 68:16-18

Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks,
At the mountain which God has desired for His abode?
Surely the Lord will dwell there forever.

Psalm 132:8

Arise, O Lord, to Your resting place,
You and the ark of Your strength.

Haggai 2:7

I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the wealth of all nations, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the Lord of hosts.

Haggai 2:9

‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘and in this place I will give peace,’ declares the Lord of hosts.”

Malachi 3:1

Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the Lord of hosts.

Mark 16:19

So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

Ephesians 4:8-10

Therefore it says,
When He ascended on high,
He led captive a host of captives,
And He gave gifts to men.”

James 2:1

My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism.

1 Peter 3:22

who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.

2 Peter 3:18

but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

Revelation 4:11

Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created.”

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