Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.

New American Standard Bible

For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah,
That they may dwell there and possess it.

King James Version

For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

Holman Bible

for God will save Zion
and build up the cities of Judah.
They will live there and possess it.

International Standard Version

For God will deliver Zion and will rebuild the cities of Judah so they may live there and possess them.

American Standard Version

For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.

Amplified


For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah,
That His servants may remain there and possess it.

Bible in Basic English

For God will be the saviour of Zion, and the builder of the towns of Judah; so that it may be their resting-place and heritage.

Darby Translation

For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah; and they shall dwell there, and possess it:

Julia Smith Translation

For God will save Zion, and he will build the cities of Judah, and they shall dwell there and inherit it

King James 2000

For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

Lexham Expanded Bible

because God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.

Modern King James verseion

For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah; so that they may dwell there, and possess it.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah, that men may dwell there, and have it in possession.

NET Bible

For God will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, and his people will again live in them and possess Zion.

New Heart English Bible

For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.

The Emphasized Bible

For, God, will save Zion, And build the cities of Judah, So shall men dwell there, and possess it:

Webster

For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

World English Bible

For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.

Youngs Literal Translation

For God doth save Zion, And doth build the cities of Judah, And they have dwelt there, and possess it.

References

Context Readings

A Plea For Rescue

34 Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and everything that moves therein. 35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. And they shall abide there, and have it in possession. 36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall dwell therein.

Cross References

Psalm 51:18

Do good in thy good pleasure to Zion. Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

Isaiah 44:26

who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem, She shall be inhabited, and of the cities of Judah, They shall be built, and I will raise up the waste places of it,

Psalm 48:11-13

Let mount Zion be glad. Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of thy judgments.

Psalm 102:13

Thou will arise, and have mercy upon Zion, for it is time to have pity upon her, yea, the set time has come.

Psalm 102:16

For LORD has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.

Psalm 147:12-13

Praise LORD, O Jerusalem. Praise thy God, O Zion.

Isaiah 14:32

What then shall [a man] answer the messengers of the nation? That LORD has founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.

Isaiah 46:13

I bring near my righteousness. It shall not be far off. And my salvation shall not tarry, and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.

Jeremiah 33:10-11

Thus says LORD: Yet again there shall be heard in this place--of which ye say, It is waste, without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man and without inh

Ezekiel 36:35-36

And they shall say, This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. And the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.

Obadiah 1:17

But in mount Zion there shall be those who escape, and it shall be holy, and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

Revelation 14:1

And I looked, and lo, the Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with it a number, a hundred and forty-four thousand, having its name and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.

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