Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Wherefore will ye lie in wait, ye mountains of heights? the mountain God desired to dwell in it: also Jehovah will dwell forever.
New American Standard Bible
At the mountain which God has
Surely
King James Version
Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
Holman Bible
at the mountain
The Lord will live there forever!
International Standard Version
You mountains of many peaks, why do you watch with envy the mountain in which God has chosen to dwell? Indeed, the LORD will live there forever.
A Conservative Version
Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, at the mountain which God has desired for his abode? Yea, LORD will dwell [in it] forever.
American Standard Version
Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell in it for ever.
Amplified
Why do you look with envy, mountains with many peaks,
At the mountain [of the city of Zion] which God has desired for His dwelling place?
Yes, the Lord will dwell there forever.
Bible in Basic English
Why are you looking with envy, you high hills, on the hill desired by God as his resting-place? truly, God will make it his house for ever.
Darby Translation
Why do ye look with envy, ye many-peaked mountains, upon the mount that God hath desired for his abode? yea, Jehovah will dwell there for ever.
King James 2000
Why leap you, you high hills? this is the hill which God desires to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it forever.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Why do you look with hostility, O many-peaked mountains? This mountain God desires for his dwelling. Yes, Yahweh will abide [in it] forever.
Modern King James verseion
Why do you gaze in envy, O mountain range, at the mountain God has chosen for His resting place? Yes, Jehovah will dwell in it forever.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Why hop ye so, ye high hills? This is God's hill, in the which it pleaseth him to dwell. Yea, the LORD will abide in it forever.
NET Bible
Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, at the mountain where God has decided to live? Indeed the Lord will live there permanently!
New Heart English Bible
Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, the LORD will dwell there forever.
The Emphasized Bible
Wherefore start ye up, ye mountains, ye peaks? The mountain God hath coveted for his habitation, Surely, Yahweh will inhabit it ever!
Webster
Why leap ye, ye lofty hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yes, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
World English Bible
Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.
Youngs Literal Translation
Why do ye envy, O high hills, The hill God hath desired for His seat? Jehovah also doth tabernacle for ever.
References
Easton
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 68:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Majestic Power
15 The mountain of God the mountain of Basilan; the mountain of height the mountain of Bashan. 16 Wherefore will ye lie in wait, ye mountains of heights? the mountain God desired to dwell in it: also Jehovah will dwell forever. 17 The chariot of God twice ten thousand thousands upon thousands: Jehovah among them, Sinai in the holy place.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:5
But the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, to his dwelling shall ye seek, and there do thou come:
Psalm 132:13-14
For Jehovah chose in Zion; for he desired it for a dwelling to himself.
Deuteronomy 12:11
And there was the place which Jehovah your God shall choose in it to cause his name to dwell there; there shall ye bring all which I command you: your burnt-offerings and your sacrifices, your tenths, and the offerings of your hands, and all the choice of your vows which ye shall vow to Jehovah.
1 Kings 9:3
And Jehovah will say to him, I heard thy supplication and thy prayer which thou didst supplicate before me: I consecrated this house which thou didst build to put my name there even to forever; and mine eyes and my heart were there all the days.
Psalm 87:1-2
To the sons of Korah chanting a song. His foundations are in the mountains of holiness.
Psalm 114:4
The mountains leaped as rains, the hills as the sons of the flock.
Psalm 114:6
O mountains, ye will leap as rams? O hills, as sons of the flock?
Isaiah 2:2
And it was in the last days, the mountain of the house of Jehovah shall be prepared upon the head of the mountains, and lifted up above the hills; and all nations flowed to it
Hebrews 12:22-23
But ye have come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,
Revelation 21:2-3
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.