Parallel Verses
Amplified
God, in her palaces,
Has made Himself known as a stronghold.
New American Standard Bible
Has made Himself known as a
King James Version
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
Holman Bible
in its citadels.
International Standard Version
Within her citadels God is known as a place of refuge.
A Conservative Version
God has made himself known in her palaces for a refuge.
American Standard Version
God hath made himself known in her palaces for a refuge.
Darby Translation
God is known in her palaces as a high fortress.
Julia Smith Translation
God being known in her fortresses for a height
King James 2000
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
Lexham Expanded Bible
God [is] in her citadels; he is known as a [high] stronghold.
Modern King James verseion
God is known in her strongholds for a refuge.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
God is well known in her palaces, that he is the defense of the same.
NET Bible
God is in its fortresses; he reveals himself as its defender.
New Heart English Bible
God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.
The Emphasized Bible
God, in her palaces, is to be known as a high tower.
Webster
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
World English Bible
God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.
Youngs Literal Translation
God in her high places is known for a tower.
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 48:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Zion Exalted
2
Fair and beautiful in elevation, the joy of all the earth,
Is Mount Zion [the City of David] in the far north,
The city of the great King.
God, in her palaces,
Has made Himself known as a stronghold.
For, lo, the kings assembled themselves,
They [came and] passed by together.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 12:7
When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves so I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some measure of a remnant [that escapes]; and My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by means of Shishak.
2 Chronicles 14:9-15
Now Zerah the Ethiopian (Cushite) came out against Judah with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots, and he came as far as Mareshah.
2 Chronicles 20:1-37
Now it happened after this that the Moabites and the Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
Psalm 46:7
The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah.
Psalm 76:1-5
His name is great in Israel.
Psalm 125:1
Are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever.
Isaiah 4:5-6
then the Lord will create over the entire site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud by day, smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory and brilliance will be a canopy [a defense, a covering of His divine love and protection].
Isaiah 37:33-36
“Therefore, the Lord says this concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come into this city or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with shield, or raise an assault ramp against it.
Zechariah 2:4-5
and he said to the second angel, “Run, speak to that young man, saying, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited [like villages] without walls [spreading out into the open country] because of the great number of people and livestock in it.