Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
He built his sanctuary, high as the heavens, like the earth that he established forever.
New American Standard Bible
Like the earth which He has founded forever.
King James Version
And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
Holman Bible
like the earth that He established forever.
A Conservative Version
And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.
American Standard Version
And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.
Amplified
And He built His sanctuary [exalted] like the heights [of the heavens],
Like the earth which He has established forever.
Bible in Basic English
And he made his holy place like the high heaven, like the earth which is fixed by him for ever.
Darby Translation
And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he hath founded for ever.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will build his holy place as of buffaloes, as the earth he founded it forever.
King James 2000
And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he has established forever.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he built his sanctuary like [the] heights, like [the] earth that he established forever.
Modern King James verseion
And He built His holy place like high palaces, like the earth which He has founded forever.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And there he built his temple on high, and laid the foundation of it like the ground, that it might perpetually endure.
NET Bible
He made his sanctuary as enduring as the heavens above; as secure as the earth, which he established permanently.
New Heart English Bible
He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.
The Emphasized Bible
And built, like the heights, his sanctuary, Like the earth, he founded it to times age-abiding.
Webster
And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
World English Bible
He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.
Youngs Literal Translation
And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it to the age.
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 78:69
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lessons From Israel's Past
68 But he chose the tribe of Judah, the mountain of Zion, which he loves. 69 He built his sanctuary, high as the heavens, like the earth that he established forever. 70 Then he chose his servant David, whom he took from the sheepfold.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:8
He raises the poor up from the dust, he lifts up the needy from the trash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. Indeed the pillars of the earth belong to the LORD, and he has set the world on them.
1 Kings 6:1-38
During the month of Ziv, which was the second month of the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, 480 years after the Israelis left the land of Egypt, Solomon began to build the LORD's Temple.
1 Kings 9:8
"This Temple will become a pile of ruins. Everyone who passes by it will be so astounded that they will ask, "Why did the LORD do this to this land and to this Temple?'
1 Chronicles 29:1
Then King David addressed the entire assembly: "My son Solomon, the one whom God alone has chosen, is still young and inexperienced, and the task is great, since this structure will be a citadel to the LORD God and not for human beings.
1 Chronicles 29:19
granting to my son Solomon to keep with a devoted heart your commands, your decrees, and your statutes, carrying out all of them, and that he may build the Temple for which I have made the preparations.
2 Chronicles 2:9
to prepare an abundant amount of timber for me, because the Temple that I'm building is to be great and awesome.
2 Chronicles 3:4
A portico extended in front of the Temple for its entire width of 20 cubits, and was 120 cubits high. Inside he had it overlaid with pure gold.
Job 26:7
He spreads out the north over empty space, suspending the earth over nothing.
Psalm 102:25
You established the earth long ago; the heavens are the work of your hands.
Psalm 104:5
He established the earth on its foundations, so that it never falters.
Psalm 119:90-91
Your faithfulness continues from generation to generation. You established the earth, and it stands firm.
Isaiah 48:13
Moreover, my hands laid the earth's foundation, and my right hand spread out the heavens. I call out to them, and they stand up together.
Isaiah 51:6
"Lift up your eyes, you heavens and look to the earth beneath; and see who created these. Its inhabitants will die just like this; but my salvation will be forever, and my deliverance will never fail.
Colossians 1:16-17
For by him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether they are kings, lords, rulers, or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.
Revelation 20:11
Then I saw a large, white throne and the one who was sitting on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.