Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
LORD will count when he writes up the peoples: This [man] was born there. Selah.
New American Standard Bible
“This one was born there.” Selah.
King James Version
The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
Holman Bible
the Lord will record,
“This one was born there.”
International Standard Version
The LORD will record, as he registers the nations, "This one was born there." Interlude
American Standard Version
Jehovah will count, when he writeth up the peoples, This one was born there. Selah
Amplified
The Lord will count, when He registers the peoples,
“This one was born there.” Selah.
Bible in Basic English
The Lord will keep in mind, when he is writing the records of the people, that this man had his birth there. (Selah.)
Darby Translation
Jehovah will count, when he inscribeth the peoples, This man was born there. Selah.
Julia Smith Translation
Jehovah shall recount in writing up the peoples, This was born there. Silence.
King James 2000
The LORD shall count, when he registers the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Yahweh will record in writing [the] peoples, "This [one] was born there." Selah
Modern King James verseion
Jehovah shall count, in recording the peoples, that this man was born there. Selah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The LORD shall cause it to be preached and written among the people, that he was born there. Selah.
NET Bible
The Lord writes in the census book of the nations, "This one was born there." (Selah)
New Heart English Bible
The LORD will count, when he writes up the peoples, "This one was born there." Selah.
The Emphasized Bible
Yahweh, will record, when he enrolleth the peoples, This one was born there. Selah.
Webster
The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
World English Bible
Yahweh will count, when he writes up the peoples, "This one was born there." Selah.
Youngs Literal Translation
Jehovah doth recount in the describing of the peoples, 'This one was born there.' Selah.
Themes
References
Fausets
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 87:6
Prayers for Psalm 87:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Zion, The City Of God
5 Yea, of Zion it shall be said, this and that man was born in her, and the Most High himself will establish her. 6 LORD will count when he writes up the peoples: This [man] was born there. Selah. 7 Those who sing as well as those who dance [shall say], All my fountains are in thee.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 4:3
And it shall come to pass, that he who is left in Zion, and he who remains in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even everyone who is written among the living in Jerusalem,
Ezekiel 13:9
And my hand shall be against the prophets who see FALSE visions, and who divine lies. They shall not be in the council of my people, nor shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the
Psalm 69:28
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
Psalm 22:30
A seed shall serve him. It shall be told of LORD to the [next] generation.
Ezekiel 9:4
And LORD said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and who cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst of it.
Luke 10:20
Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are made subject to you, but rejoice because your names are written in the heavens.
Galatians 4:26-31
But the Jerusalem above is free, which is mother of us all.
Philippians 4:3
Yes, I ask thee also, genuine yokefellow, help them--the women who labored with me in the good-news--with Clement also, and the rest of my co-workmen whose names are in the book of life.
Revelation 13:8
And all who dwell upon the earth will worship it, whose name has not been written in the book of life of the Lamb who was killed from the foundation of the world.
Revelation 20:15
And if any man was found not written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.