Parallel Verses

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.)

New American Standard Bible

The Lord will count when He registers the peoples,
“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

When He registers the peoples,
the Lord will record,
“This one was born there.”Selah

International Standard Version

The LORD will record, as he registers the nations, "This one was born there." Interlude

A Conservative Version

LORD will count when he writes up the peoples: This [man] was born there. Selah.

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.

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.

References

Fausets

Prayers for Psalm 87:6

Context Readings

Zion, The City Of God

5 And of Zion it will be said, This or that man had his birth there; and the Most High will make her strong. 6 The Lord will keep in mind, when he is writing the records of the people, that this man had his birth there. (Selah.) 7 The players on instruments will be there, and the dancers will say, All my springs are in you.

Cross References

Isaiah 4:3

And it will come about that the rest of the living in Zion, and of those who have been kept from destruction in Jerusalem, will be named holy, even everyone who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem:

Ezekiel 13:9

And my hand will be against the prophets who see visions without substance and who make false use of secret arts: they will not be in the secret of my people, and they will not be recorded in the list of the children of Israel, and they will not come into the land of Israel; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord.

Psalm 69:28

Let their names be taken from the book of the living, let them not be numbered with the upright.

Psalm 22:30

A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.

Jeremiah 3:19

But I said, How am I to put you among the children, and give you a desired land, a heritage of glory among the armies of the nations? and I said, You are to say to me, My father; and not be turned away from me.

Ezekiel 9:4

The Lord said to him, Go through the town, through the middle of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the brows of the men who are sorrowing and crying for all the disgusting things which are done in it.

Luke 10:20

Do not be glad, however, because you have power over spirits, but because your names are recorded in heaven.

Galatians 4:26-31

But the Jerusalem on high is free, which is our mother.

Philippians 4:3

And I make request to you, true helper in my work, to see to the needs of those women who took part with me in the good news, with Clement and the rest of my brother-workers whose names are in the book of life.

Revelation 13:8

And all who are on the earth will give him worship, everyone whose name has not been from the first in the book of life of the Lamb who was put to death.

Revelation 20:15

And if anyone's name was not in the book of life, he went down into the sea of fire.

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