Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

To the overseer upon the stringed instrument: to the sons of Korah, a chanting. How beloved are thy tents, O Jehovah of armies!

New American Standard Bible

For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
How lovely are Your dwelling places,
O Lord of hosts!

King James Version

{To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.} How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

Holman Bible

For the choir director: on the Gittith. A psalm of the sons of Korah.How lovely is Your dwelling place,
Lord of Hosts.

International Standard Version

How lovely are your dwelling places, LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

A Conservative Version

How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

American Standard Version

How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!

Amplified

How lovely are Your dwelling places,
O Lord of hosts!

Bible in Basic English

How dear are your tents, O Lord of armies!

Darby Translation

{To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.} How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!

King James 2000

[To the Chief Musician upon gittith. A Psalm for the Sons of Korah.] How lovely are your tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

Lexham Expanded Bible

How lovely [are] your dwelling places, O Yahweh of hosts!

Modern King James verseion

To the Chief Musician. On Gittith. A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How lovely are Your tabernacles, O Jehovah of Hosts!

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

{Upon Gittith, a Psalm of the sons of Korah} O how amiable are thy dwellings, thou LORD of Hosts!

NET Bible

For the music director; according to the gittith style; written by the Korahites, a psalm. How lovely is the place where you live, O Lord who rules over all!

New Heart English Bible

How lovely are your dwellings, LORD of hosts.

The Emphasized Bible

How lovely are thy habitations, O Yahweh of hosts!

Webster

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

World English Bible

How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies!

Youngs Literal Translation

To the Overseer. -- 'On the Gittith By sons of Korah.' -- A Psalm. How beloved Thy tabernacles, Jehovah of Hosts!

References

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Context Readings

Longing For God's House

1 To the overseer upon the stringed instrument: to the sons of Korah, a chanting. How beloved are thy tents, O Jehovah of armies! 2 My soul longed after, and also failed for the enclosures of Jehovah: my heart and my flesh will rejoice for the living God.

Cross References

Psalm 27:4

I asked one from Jehovah, I will seek it; I sat in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to look upon the sweetness of Jehovah, and to inquire in his temple.

Psalm 8:1

To the overseer upon the stringed instrument, chanting of David. O Jehovah our Lord, how mighty thy name in all the earth! who will set thy majesty over the heavens.

Psalm 43:3

Send forth thy light and thy truth; they shall lead me, they shall bring me to thy holy mountain and to thy tents.

Psalm 132:5

Even till I shall find a place for Jehovah, dwellings for the mighty one of Jacob.

1 Kings 22:19

And he will say, For this, hear the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the army of the heavens standing by him from his right hand and from his left

Nehemiah 9:6

Thou thyself, O Jehovah, thou alone, didst make the heavens, the heavens of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all that is upon it, the seas and all that is in them, and thou makest alive all of them: and the army of the heavens worshiping to thee.

Psalm 36:8

They shall satiate from the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt give them to drink the torrent of thy delights.

Psalm 48:1-2

A song of chanting to the sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and greatly praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

Psalm 81:1

To the overseer upon the stringed instrument; to Asaph. Rejoice ye in God our strength: shout to the God of Jacob.

Psalm 87:2-3

Jehovah loved the gates of Zion above all the tents of Jacob.

Psalm 103:20-21

Praise Jehovah, ye his messengers mighty of strength, doing his word, to hear the voice of his word.

Psalm 122:1

Song of ascensions to David. I was glad in their saying to me, We will go to the house of Jehovah.

Isaiah 6:2-3

And seraphs standing from above to it; six wings, six wings to one; with two he will cover his face, and with two he will cover his feet, and with two he will fly.

Hebrews 9:23-24

Therefore truly a necessity for the patterns of things in the heavens to be purified with these; and the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

Revelation 21:2-3

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Revelation 21:22-23

And a temple saw I not in her: for the Lord God, the Omnipotent Ruler, is the temple and the Lamb

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