Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
The Lord has more love for the doors of Zion than for all the tents 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).
Darby Translation
Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion more than all the habitations 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 This house is resting on the holy mountain. 2 The Lord has more love for the doors of Zion than for all the tents of Jacob. 3 Noble things are said of you, O town of God. (Selah.)
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:5
But let your hearts be turned to the place which will be marked out by the Lord your God, among your tribes, to put his name there;
2 Chronicles 6:6
But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.
Psalm 78:67-69
And he put the tent of Joseph on one side, and took not the tribe of Ephraim;
Isaiah 14:32
What answer, then, will my people give to the representatives of the nation? That the Lord is the builder of Zion, and she will be a safe place for the poor of his people.
Joel 2:32
And it will be that whoever makes his prayer to the name of the Lord will be kept safe: for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem some will be kept safe, as the Lord has said, and will be among the small band marked out by the Lord.