Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
but chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
New American Standard Bible
Mount
King James Version
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
Holman Bible
Mount Zion, which He loved.
International Standard Version
But he chose the tribe of Judah, the mountain of Zion, which he loves.
American Standard Version
But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.
Amplified
But He chose the tribe of Judah [as Israel’s leader],
Mount Zion, which He loved [to replace Shiloh as His capital].
Bible in Basic English
But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure.
Darby Translation
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved;
Julia Smith Translation
And be will choose the tribe of Judah, mount Zion which he loved.
King James 2000
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
Lexham Expanded Bible
but chose the tribe of Judah, {Mount Zion} that he loved.
Modern King James verseion
but chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which He loved.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
but chose the tribe of Judah, even the hill of Zion which he loved.
NET Bible
He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves.
New Heart English Bible
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
The Emphasized Bible
But made choice of the tribe of Judah, The mountain of Zion, which he loved;
Webster
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
World English Bible
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
Youngs Literal Translation
And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,
References
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 78:68
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lessons From Israel's Past
67 Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim, 68 but chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. 69 And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.
Cross References
Psalm 87:2
LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Genesis 49:8-10
Judah, thy brothers shall praise thee. Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies. Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee.
Ruth 4:17-22
And the women, her neighbors, gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi. And they called his name Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
1 Samuel 16:1
And LORD said to Samuel, How long will thou mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and go. I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for me a king among
2 Chronicles 6:6
But I have chosen Jerusalem that my name might be there. And have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
Psalm 132:12-14
If thy sons will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their sons also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore.