Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And be will choose the tribe of Judah, 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.
Darby Translation
But chose the tribe of Judah, the 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 will reject in the tent of Joseph, and he chose not in the tribe of Ephraim. 68 And be will choose the tribe of Judah, mount Zion which he loved. 69 And he will build his holy place as of buffaloes, as the earth he founded it forever.
Cross References
Psalm 87:2
Jehovah loved the gates of Zion above all the tents of Jacob.
Genesis 49:8-10
Judah, thee, thee shall thy brethren praise; thy hand upon the back of thine enemies; thy father's sons shall worship before thee.
Ruth 4:17-22
And the neighbors will call to him a name, saying, A son was born to Naomi; and they will call his name Obed: he the father of Jesse, the father of David.
1 Samuel 16:1
And Jehovah will say to Samuel, How long mournest thou for Saul, and I rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and go; I will send thee to Jesse of the House of Bread, for I saw among his sons a king to me.
2 Chronicles 6:6
And I will choose in Jerusalem for my name to be there; and I will choose in David to be over my people Israel.
Psalm 132:12-14
If thy sons shall watch my covenant and my testimonies, these I shall teach them; also their sons even to forever shall sit upon the throne to thee forever.