Parallel Verses

Amplified


There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

New American Standard Bible

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

King James Version

There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

Holman Bible

There is a river—
its streams delight the city of God,
the holy dwelling place of the Most High.

International Standard Version

Look! There is a river whose streams make the city of God rejoice, even the Holy Place of the Most High.

A Conservative Version

There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

American Standard Version

There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

Bible in Basic English

There is a river whose streams make glad the resting-place of God, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.

Darby Translation

There is a river the streams whereof make glad the city of God, the sanctuary of the habitations of the Most High.

Julia Smith Translation

A river, its streams will gladden the city of God, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.

King James 2000

There is a river, the streams of which shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the most High.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[There is] a river whose streams gladden the city of God, the holiest of the dwellings of the Most High.

Modern King James verseion

There is a river, its channels gladden the city of God glad, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The rivers of the flood thereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy dwelling of the most highest.

NET Bible

The river's channels bring joy to the city of God, the special, holy dwelling place of the sovereign One.

New Heart English Bible

There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.

The Emphasized Bible

A river! whose channels, shall gladden the city of God, The Most High, hath hallowed his habitation.

Webster

There is a river, the streams of which shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

World English Bible

There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.

Youngs Literal Translation

A river -- its rivulets rejoice the city of God, Thy holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

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Context Readings

God Our Refuge

3
Though its waters roar and foam,
Though the mountains tremble at its roaring. Selah.
4 
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
The holy dwelling places of the Most High.
5
God is in the midst of her [His city], she will not be moved;
God will help her when the morning dawns.


Cross References

Psalm 48:1

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
In the city of our God, His holy mountain.

Isaiah 60:14


“The sons of those who oppressed you will come bowing down to you [in submission],
And all those who despised you and treated you disrespectfully will bow down at the soles of your feet,
And they will call you the City of the Lord,
The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 87:3


Glorious things are spoken of you,
O city of God [Jerusalem]. Selah.

Psalm 48:8


As we have heard, so have we seen
In the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God:
God will establish her forever. Selah.

Deuteronomy 12:11-12

then it shall come about that the place which the Lord your God will choose for His Name [and Presence] to dwell; there you shall bring everything that I am commanding you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes and the [voluntary] contribution of your hand [as a first gift from the fruits of the ground], and all your choice votive offerings which you vow to the Lord.

2 Chronicles 6:6

but I have chosen Jerusalem that My Name might be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

Psalm 23:2


He lets me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still and quiet waters.

Psalm 36:8-9


They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house;
And You allow them to drink from the river of Your delights.

Psalm 43:3


O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me;
Let them bring me to Your holy hill
And to Your dwelling places.

Psalm 65:9


You visit the earth and make it overflow [with water];
You greatly enrich it;
The stream of God is full of water;
You provide their grain, when You have prepared the earth.

Psalm 91:1

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
Will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand].

Psalm 92:1

It is a good and delightful thing to give thanks to the Lord,
To sing praises to Your name, O Most High,

Psalm 92:8


But You, Lord, are on high forever.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the sight [of corruption]; for a higher official watches over another official, and there are higher ones over them [looking out for one another].

Isaiah 8:6-7


“Because these people (Judah) have refused the gently flowing waters of Shiloah
And rejoice in Rezin [the king of Aram] and Remaliah’s son [Pekah the king of Israel],

Isaiah 37:35-36

‘For I will defend this city to save it, for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

Isaiah 48:18


“Oh, that you had paid attention to My commandments!
Then your peace and prosperity would have been like a [flowing] river,
And your righteousness [the holiness and purity of the nation] like the [abundant] waves of the sea.

Ezekiel 47:1-12

Then he [my guide] brought me back to the door of the house [the temple of the Lord]; and behold, water was flowing from under the threshold of the house (temple) toward the east, for the front of the temple was facing east. And the water was flowing down from under, from the right side of the house, from south of the altar.

Micah 6:6


With what shall I come before the Lord [to honor Him]
And bow myself before God on high?
Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,
With yearling calves?

Hebrews 12:22

But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels [in festive gathering],

Revelation 21:2-3

And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, arrayed like a bride adorned for her husband;

Revelation 21:10

And he carried me away in the Spirit to a vast and lofty mountain, and showed me the holy (sanctified) city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,

Revelation 22:1-3

Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb (Christ),

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