Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
But made choice of the tribe of Judah, The mountain of 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.
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.
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 Howbeit he rejected the tent of Joseph, And, the tribe of Ephraim, did not choose: 68 But made choice of the tribe of Judah, The mountain of Zion, which he loved; 69 And built, like the heights, his sanctuary, Like the earth, he founded it to times age-abiding.
Cross References
Psalm 87:2
Yahweh loveth the gates of Zion, More than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Genesis 49:8-10
Judah, as for thee, thy brethren shall praise thee when thy hand is on the neck of thy foes, - The sons of thy father, shall bow them-selves down to thee:
Ruth 4:17-22
And the women, her neighbours, gave him a name, saying, There is born a son to Naomi, - So they called his name Obed, he, was, the father of Jesse, the father of David.
1 Samuel 16:1
And Yahweh said unto Samuel - How long, art thou going to pine for Saul, seeing that, I, have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and come! let me send thee unto Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided me, among his sons, a king.
2 Chronicles 6:6
nevertheless I have made choice of Jerusalem, that my Name might be there, - and I have made choice of David, that he might be over my people Israel.
Psalm 132:12-14
If thy sons keep my covenant, and my testimony which I will teach them, even their sons, unto futurity, shall sit on thy throne.