Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Interlude
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
Holman Bible
city of God.
A Conservative Version
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
American Standard Version
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah
Amplified
Glorious things are spoken of you,
O city of God [Jerusalem]. Selah.
Bible in Basic English
Noble things are said of you, O town of God. (Selah.)
Darby Translation
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
Julia Smith Translation
Honored things being spoken in thee, O city of God. Silence.
King James 2000
Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God. Selah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Glorious things [are] spoken about you, O city of God. Selah
Modern King James verseion
Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God. Selah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Very excellent things are spoken of thee, thou city of God. Selah.
NET Bible
People say wonderful things about you, O city of God. (Selah)
New Heart English Bible
Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah.
The Emphasized Bible
Glorious things, are to be spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
Webster
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
World English Bible
Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah.
Youngs Literal Translation
Honourable things are spoken in Thee, O city of God. Selah.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 87:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Zion, The City Of God
2 The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Interlude 4 I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me including Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia "This one was born there," they say.
Cross References
Psalm 46:4
Look! There is a river whose streams make the city of God rejoice, even the Holy Place of the Most High.
Psalm 48:2-3
Beautifully situated, the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion towards the north, the city of the great King.
Psalm 48:11-13
Mount Zion will be glad; the towns of Judah will rejoice because of your judgments.
Psalm 125:1-2
Those who are trusting in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be overthrown. They remain forever.
Isaiah 12:6
Shout aloud, and sing for joy, you who live in Zion, because great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel."
Isaiah 49:14-26
"But Zion said, "The LORD has abandoned me, and my God has forgotten me.'
Isaiah 54:2-10
"Enlarge the location of your tent, let the curtains of your dwellings be stretched wide, and don't hold back. Lengthen your cords; strengthen your stakes.
Isaiah 59:20-22
"And a Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression," says the LORD.
Isaiah 61:3-12
to provide for those who grieve in Zion to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, a mantle of praise instead of a spirit of despair." "Then people will call them "Oaks of Righteousness", "The Planting of the LORD", in order to display his splendor.
Jeremiah 3:14-17
"Return, unfaithful people," declares the LORD, "for I am your husband. I'll take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I'll bring you to Zion.
Jeremiah 31:12-13
They'll come and cry out with joy on the heights of Zion. They'll be radiant over the LORD's goodness, over the grain, the new wine, the fresh oil, and over the young of the flocks and herds. Their lives will be like a well-watered garden. They'll never again grow faint.
Ezekiel 36:2
"This is what the Lord GOD says: "The enemy has been saying about you, "Good! The ancient heights are back in our possession!"'"'
Ezekiel 36:11-38
I'll make both the population and the livestock increase throughout your territories. They'll increase and be fruitful. I'll make your territories to be settled like you were in the past, and you will be treated better than you ever were before. At that time you will know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 37:27-28
I will pitch my tent among them and will be their God. They will be my people,
Ezekiel 40:1-49
At the beginning of year 25 of our captivity, on the tenth day of the fourteenth year after the destruction of Jerusalem on that very day the LORD grabbed me in his hand and took me there.
Ezekiel 48:1-35
"These are the names of the tribes from the northernmost extremity westward along the road from Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar-enan (a border of Damascus) northward to the coast of Hamath. The perimeter is to run east-to-west; the tribe of Dan with one portion;
Hebrews 12:22-23
Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, to tens of thousands of angels joyfully gathered together,
Revelation 14:1
Then I looked, and there was the lamb, standing on Mount Zion! With him were 144,000 people who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.
Revelation 21:10-27
He carried me away in the Spirit to a large, high mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven.