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Psalms 48:2

Mount Zion

1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
KJV
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
WEB
Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the north sides, the city of the great King.
ASV
Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, The city of the great King.
DARBY
Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
BLB
Beautiful [in] elevation, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon [is] Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
ÅB
Fagert hever det seg, en glede for all jorden er Sions berg, det ytterste Norden[^1], den store konges stad.
OTB
Majestetisk i sin høyde, bringer glede til hele jorden,
Er Sion-fjellet på nordsiden,
Byen til den store Kongen.
B1930
Fagert hever det sig, en glede for all jorden er Sions berg, det ytterste Norden, den store konges stad. / < Sion er som Guds bolig i sannhet hvad hedningene falskelig tenkte sig om et fjell i det ytterste Norden, et hellig og meget høit fjell.>

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Cross references

  • Psalms 50:2

    Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

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  • Matthew 5:35

    Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

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  • Lamentations 2:15

    All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

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  • Hebrews 12:22

    But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

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  • Daniel 11:16

    But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.

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  • Isaiah 14:13

    For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

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  • Ezekiel 20:6

    In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:

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  • Malachi 1:14

    But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

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