Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion more than all the habitations of Jacob.
New American Standard Bible
More than all the other dwelling places of Jacob.
King James Version
The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Holman Bible
more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
International Standard Version
The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than the dwellings of Jacob.
A Conservative Version
LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
American Standard Version
Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Amplified
The Lord loves the gates of Zion
More than all the dwellings of Jacob (Israel).
Bible in Basic English
The Lord has more love for the doors of Zion than for all the tents of Jacob.
Julia Smith Translation
Jehovah loved the gates of Zion above all the tents of Jacob.
King James 2000
The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Modern King James verseion
Jehovah loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
the LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
NET Bible
The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
New Heart English Bible
The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
The Emphasized Bible
Yahweh loveth the gates of Zion, More than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Webster
The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
World English Bible
Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Youngs Literal Translation
Jehovah is loving the gates of Zion Above all the tabernacles of Jacob.
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 87:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Zion, The City Of God
1 {Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. A Song.} His foundation is in the mountains of holiness. 2 Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion more than all the habitations of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:5
but unto the place which Jehovah your God will choose out of all your tribes to set his name there, his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come;
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 78:67-69
And he rejected the tent of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim,
Psalm 132:13-14
For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his dwelling:
Isaiah 14:32
And what shall be answered to the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and the afflicted of his people find refuge in it.
Joel 2:32
And it shall be that whosoever shall call upon the name of Jehovah shall be saved: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as Jehovah hath said, and for the residue whom Jehovah shall call.