Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

“This is My resting place forever;
I will make My home here
because I have desired it.

New American Standard Bible

“This is My resting place forever;
Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

King James Version

This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

International Standard Version

"This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, because I desire to do so.

A Conservative Version

This is my resting place forever. Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

American Standard Version

This is my resting-place for ever: Here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

Amplified


“This is My resting place forever” [says the Lord];
“Here will I dwell, for I have desired it.

Darby Translation

This is my rest for ever; here will I dwell, for I have desired it.

Julia Smith Translation

This my rest even forever: here I will dwell, for I desired it

King James 2000

This is my rest forever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"This [is] my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

Modern King James verseion

This is My rest forever; here I will dwell; for I have desired it.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"This shall be my rest; here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein.

NET Bible

He said, "This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.

New Heart English Bible

"This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, for I have desired it.

The Emphasized Bible

This, is my place of rest unto futurity, Here, will I dwell, for I have desired it;

Webster

This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

World English Bible

"This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, for I have desired it.

Youngs Literal Translation

This is My rest for ever and ever, Here do I sit, for I have desired it.

References

Context Readings

David And Zion Chosen

13 For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His home:
14 “This is My resting place forever;
I will make My home here
because I have desired it.
15 I will abundantly bless its food;
I will satisfy its needy with bread.


Cross References

Psalm 132:8

Rise up, Lord, come to Your resting place,
You and Your powerful ark.

1 Kings 8:13

I have indeed built an exalted temple for You,
a place for Your dwelling forever.

1 Kings 8:27

But will God indeed live on earth?
Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You,
much less this temple I have built.

Psalm 68:16

Why gaze with envy, you mountain peaks,
at the mountain God desired for His dwelling?
The Lord will live there forever!

Psalm 68:18

You ascended to the heights, taking away captives;
You received gifts from people,
even from the rebellious,
so that the Lord God might live there.

Psalm 76:2

His tent is in Salem,
His dwelling place in Zion.

Psalm 87:2

The Lord loves the gates of Zion
more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

Psalm 135:21

May the Lord be praised from Zion;
He dwells in Jerusalem.
Hallelujah!

Isaiah 8:18

Here I am with the children the Lord has given me to be signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts who dwells on Mount Zion.

Isaiah 11:10

On that day the root of Jesse
will stand as a banner for the peoples.
The nations will seek Him,
and His resting place will be glorious.

Isaiah 12:6

Cry out and sing, citizen of Zion,
for the Holy One of Israel is among you
in His greatness.”

Isaiah 57:15

For the High and Exalted One
who lives forever, whose name is Holy says this:
“I live in a high and holy place,
and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly
and revive the heart of the oppressed.

Isaiah 66:1

This is what the Lord says:

Heaven is My throne,
and earth is My footstool.
What house could you possibly build for Me?
And what place could be My home?

Joel 3:21

I will pardon their bloodguilt,
which I have not pardoned,
for the Lord dwells in Zion.

Zephaniah 3:17

Yahweh your God is among you,
a warrior who saves.
He will rejoice over you with gladness.
He will bring you quietness with His love.
He will delight in you with shouts of joy.”

Matthew 23:21

The one who takes an oath by the sanctuary takes an oath by it and by Him who dwells in it.

Ephesians 2:22

You also are being built together for God’s dwelling in the Spirit.

Hebrews 12:22

Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God (the heavenly Jerusalem), to myriads of angels in festive gathering,

Revelation 21:23

The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because God’s glory illuminates it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

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