Parallel Verses

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.

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.

A Conservative Version

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

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.

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 the heavens and the earth give praise to him, the seas, and everything moving in them. 35 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. 36 The seed of his servants will have their part in it, and there the lovers of his name will have rest.


Cross References

Psalm 51:18

Do good to Zion in your good pleasure, building up the walls of Jerusalem.

Isaiah 44:26

Who makes the word of his servants certain, and gives effect to the purposes of his representatives; who says of Jerusalem, Her people will come back to her; and of the towns of Judah, I will give orders for their building, and will make her waste places fertile again:

Psalm 147:12-13

Give praise to the Lord, O Jerusalem; give praise to your God, O Zion.

Isaiah 14:32

What answer, then, will my people give to the representatives of the nation? That the Lord is the builder of Zion, and she will be a safe place for the poor of his people.

Isaiah 46:13

My righteousness is near, it is not far off; salvation will come quickly; and I will make Zion free, and give Israel my glory.

Jeremiah 33:10-11

This is what the Lord has said: There will again be sounding in this place, of which you say, It is a waste, without man and without beast; even in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem which are waste and unpeopled, without man and without beast,

Ezekiel 36:35-36

And they will say, This land which was waste has become like the garden of Eden; and the towns which were unpeopled and wasted and pulled down are walled and peopled.

Obadiah 1:17

But in Mount Zion some will be kept safe, and it will be holy; and the children of Jacob will take their heritage.

Revelation 14:1

And I saw the Lamb on the mountain of Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand, marked on their brows with his name and the name of his Father.

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