Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings 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.
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.
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 His foundation is in the holy mountains. 2 The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:5
But to the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation you shall seek, and there you shall come;
2 Chronicles 6:6
but I chose Jerusalem, that my name may be there; and I chose David to be over my people Israel.'
Psalm 78:67-69
Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
Psalm 132:13-14
For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling.
Isaiah 14:32
What will one answer the kings of the nation? That the LORD has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.
Joel 2:32
It will happen that whoever will call on the name of the LORD shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as the LORD has said, and among the remnant, those whom the LORD calls.