Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
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.
A Conservative Version
but chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
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.
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 And he rejected 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 hath founded for ever.
Cross References
Psalm 87:2
Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion more than all the habitations of Jacob.
Genesis 49:8-10
Judah as to thee, thy brethren will praise thee; Thy hand will be upon the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's children will bow down to thee.
Ruth 4:17-22
And the women her neighbours 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 Jehovah said to Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons.
2 Chronicles 6:6
but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
Psalm 132:12-14
If thy children keep my covenant, and my testimonies which I will teach them, their children also for evermore shall sit upon thy throne.