Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

Lift up your heads, gates! Be lifted up, ancient doors, so the King of Glory may come in.

New American Standard Bible

Lift up your heads, O gates,
And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in!

King James Version

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

Holman Bible

Lift up your heads, you gates!
Rise up, ancient doors!
Then the King of glory will come in.

A Conservative Version

Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.

American Standard Version

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; And be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors: And the King of glory will come in.

Amplified


Lift up your heads, O gates,
And be lifted up, ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in.

Darby Translation

Lift up your heads, ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.

Julia Smith Translation

Lift up your heads, ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye openings of eternity, and the King of glory shall come in.

King James 2000

Lift up your heads, O you gates; and be you lifted up, you everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Lift up your heads, O gates, and rise up, O ancient doorways, that the king of glory may enter.

Modern King James verseion

Lift up your heads, O gates; and be lifted up, O everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

NET Bible

Look up, you gates! Rise up, you eternal doors! Then the majestic king will enter!

New Heart English Bible

Lift up your heads, you gates. Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.

The Emphasized Bible

Lift up, O ye gates, your heads, and lift yourselves up, ye age-abiding doors, That the king of glory may come in.

Webster

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

World English Bible

Lift up your heads, you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.

Youngs Literal Translation

Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory!

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Context Readings

A Welcome For God Into The Temple

6 This is the generation that seeks him. Those who seek your face are the true seed of Jacob. Interlude 7 Lift up your heads, gates! Be lifted up, ancient doors, so the King of Glory may come in. 8 Who is the King of Glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle.


Cross References

1 Corinthians 2:8

None of the rulers of this world understood it, because if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

Isaiah 26:2

Open your gates, so the righteous nation that safeguards its faith may enter.

Psalm 97:6

The heavens declare his righteousness so that all the nations see his glory.

2 Samuel 6:17

They brought in the ark of the LORD, set it in place inside the tent that David had erected for it, and David sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings in the presence of the LORD.

Psalm 118:19-20

Open for me the righteous gates so I may enter through them to give thanks to the LORD.

Numbers 10:35-36

Whenever the ark was ready to travel, Moses would say: "Arise, LORD, to scatter your enemies, so that whoever hates you will flee from your presence."

1 Kings 8:6

After this, the priests brought the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD to the place prepared for it, into the inner sanctuary of the Temple, under the wings of the cherubim in the Most Holy Place.

1 Kings 8:11

so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, since the glory of the LORD filled the LORD's Temple.

Psalm 21:1

The king rejoices in your strength, LORD. How greatly he rejoices in your deliverance.

Psalm 21:5

His glory is great because of your deliverance, you have given him honor and majesty.

Psalm 68:16-18

You mountains of many peaks, why do you watch with envy the mountain in which God has chosen to dwell? Indeed, the LORD will live there forever.

Psalm 132:8

Arise, LORD, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength.

Haggai 2:7

I will shake all nations, and the One desired by all nations will come. Then I will fill this house with glory,' says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

Haggai 2:9

"The glory of this present house will be greater than was the former," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. "And in this place I will grant peace," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies."

Malachi 3:1

"Watch out! I'm sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly, the LORD you are looking for will come to his Temple. He is the messenger of the covenant whom you desire. Watch out! He is coming!" says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

Mark 16:19

So the Lord Jesus, after talking with his disciples, was taken up to heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

Ephesians 4:8-10

That is why God says, "When he went up to the highest place, he led captives into captivity and gave gifts to people."

James 2:1

My brothers, do not let your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be tainted by favoritism.

1 Peter 3:22

who has gone to heaven and is at the right hand of God, where angels, authorities, and powers have been made subject to him.

2 Peter 3:18

Instead, continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus, the Messiah. Glory belongs to him both now and on that eternal day! Amen.

Revelation 4:11

"You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory, honor, and power, because you created all things; they came into existence and were created because of your will."

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