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Contemporary English Version

Psalms 78:68

Instead he chose the tribe of Judah, and he chose Mount Zion, the place he loves.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God Continued...;   Predestination;   Scofield Reference Index - Israel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Places;   Sacred Places;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Zion;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Elect, Election;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Aholah;   Ephraim, the Tribe of;   Predestination;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Aholah;   Benjamin;   Degrees, Songs of;   Ephraim (1);   Israel;   Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Anger (Wrath) of God;   Asaph;   Love, Lover, Lovely, Beloved;   Priests and Levites;   Psalms;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Shiloh ;   Type;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He chose instead the tribe of Judah,Mount Zion, which he loved.
Hebrew Names Version
But chose the tribe of Yehudah, Mount Tziyon which he loved.
King James Version
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
English Standard Version
but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.
New Century Version
Instead, he chose the tribe of Judah and Mount Zion, which he loves.
New English Translation
He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves.
Amplified Bible
But He chose the tribe of Judah [as Israel's leader], Mount Zion, which He loved [to replace Shiloh as His capital].
New American Standard Bible
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
World English Bible
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But chose the tribe of Iudah, and mount Zion which he loued.
Legacy Standard Bible
But chose the tribe of Judah,Mount Zion which He loved.
Berean Standard Bible
But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
Complete Jewish Bible
he chose the tribe of Y'hudah, Mount Tziyon, which he loved.
Darby Translation
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved;
Easy-to-Read Version
No, he chose the tribe of Judah, and he chose Mount Zion, the place he loves.
George Lamsa Translation
But chose the tribe of Judah, mount Zion which he loved.
Good News Translation
Instead he chose the tribe of Judah and Mount Zion, which he dearly loves.
Lexham English Bible
but chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion that he loved.
Literal Translation
but He elected the tribe of Judah, the Mount Zion which He loved.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He refused the tabernacle of Ioseph, and chose not the trybe of Ephraim.
American Standard Version
But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.
Bible in Basic English
But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which He loved.
King James Version (1611)
But chose the tribe of Iudah: the mount Sion which he loued. And he built his sanctuarie like high palaces: like the earth which he hath established for euer. He chose Dauid also his seruant, and tooke him from the sheepe-folds: From following the ewes great with young, hee brought him to feed Iacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But he chose the tribe of Iuda: euen the hill of Sion which he loued.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
but chose the tribe of Juda, the mount Sion which he loved.
English Revised Version
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But he chees the lynage of Juda; he chees the hil of Syon, which he louede.
Update Bible Version
But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.
Webster's Bible Translation
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
New King James Version
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.
New Living Translation
He chose instead the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loved.
New Life Bible
but chose the family of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.
New Revised Standard
but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But made choice of the tribe of Judah, The mountain of Zion, which he loved;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(77-68) But he chose the tribe of Juda, mount Sion which he loved.
Revised Standard Version
but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.
Young's Literal Translation
And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.

Contextual Overview

40 While they were in the desert, they often rebelled and made God sad. 41 They kept testing him and caused terrible pain for the Holy One of Israel. 42 They forgot about his power and how he had rescued them from their enemies. 43 God showed them all kinds of wonderful miracles near Zoan in Egypt. 44 He turned the rivers of Egypt into blood, and no one could drink from the streams. 45 He sent swarms of flies to pester the Egyptians, and he sent frogs to cause them trouble. 46 God let worms and grasshoppers eat their crops. 47 He destroyed their grapevines and their fig trees with hail and floods. 48 Then he killed their cattle with hail and their other animals with lightning. 49 God was so angry and furious that he went into a rage and caused them great trouble by sending swarms of destroying angels.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

chose: Genesis 49:8-10, Ruth 4:17-22, 1 Samuel 16:1, 2 Chronicles 6:6

mount: Psalms 87:2, Psalms 132:12-14

Reciprocal: Genesis 46:12 - Judah Exodus 15:17 - mountain Exodus 20:24 - in all places Leviticus 26:11 - I will Deuteronomy 12:5 - But unto Deuteronomy 12:11 - a place Deuteronomy 33:7 - and bring Joshua 9:27 - in the place Judges 1:2 - General 1 Kings 8:13 - a settled 1 Kings 14:21 - the city 2 Kings 21:4 - In Jerusalem 2 Kings 21:7 - In this house 1 Chronicles 5:2 - the chief ruler 1 Chronicles 11:5 - the castle 1 Chronicles 28:4 - chose me 2 Chronicles 7:12 - have chosen 2 Chronicles 12:13 - the city 2 Chronicles 32:19 - the God 2 Chronicles 33:7 - which I have Ezra 3:2 - as it is written Psalms 2:6 - my Psalms 9:11 - which Psalms 24:3 - the hill Psalms 43:3 - thy holy Psalms 48:1 - city Psalms 65:1 - in Sion Psalms 68:15 - of God Psalms 74:2 - this mount Psalms 121:1 - lift up Psalms 122:4 - Whither Psalms 132:13 - the Lord Isaiah 25:6 - in this Isaiah 33:20 - the city Jeremiah 7:15 - the whole Mark 12:1 - and set John 4:20 - and ye Acts 7:46 - found

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But chose the tribe of Judah,.... Both to be the seat of kingly power and government, and of religious worship; the latter is chiefly designed. Jerusalem was, at least part of it, in the tribe of Judah: here David, who was of that tribe, dwelt, and Solomon his son, and all the kings of Judah afterwards; here the temple was built, into which the ark of the covenant was put, and whither the tribes went up to worship

the mount Zion, which he loved; where was the city of David; into which the ark was brought when removed from Gibeah, and on part of which the temple was built: the choice of this place, for such a purpose, was from love, Psalms 87:2, it was typical of the church, the choice of which also arises from the everlasting and unchangeable love of God to it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But chose the tribe of Judah - He chose David of the tribe of Judah as ruler and king; he chose a place within the limits of Judah, to wit, Mount Zion, or Jerusalem, as the place where his worship was to be celebrated. Thus, the ancient prediction in regard to the supremacy of Judah was accomplished. Genesis 49:8-10.

The Mount Zion, which he loved - Which he chose, for which he had an affection. Compare Psalms 87:2.


 
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