Psalms 48:2

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“Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.”

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BSBPD

“Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, The city of the great King.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“Beautiful <FI>for<Fi> elevation, A joy of all the land, <FI>is<Fi> Mount Zion, The sides of the north, the city of a great king.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 48:2 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 47:7For God is King of all the earth; sing profound praises to Him.
  2. Psalms 50:2From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
  3. Psalms 76:2His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.
  4. Psalms 87:3Glorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God. Selah
  5. Psalms 99:9Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.
  6. Psalms 135:21Blessed be the LORD from Zion— He who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!
  7. Isaiah 2:2In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
  8. Isaiah 14:13You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.
  9. Isaiah 60:14The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
  10. Isaiah 60:15Whereas you have been forsaken and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy from age to age.
  11. Isaiah 66:10Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,
  12. Jeremiah 3:19Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
  13. Lamentations 2:15All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
  14. Ezekiel 20:6On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.
  15. Daniel 8:9From one of these horns a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the Beautiful Land.
  16. Daniel 11:16The invader will do as he pleases, and no one will stand against him. He will establish himself in the Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand.
  17. Daniel 11:45He will pitch his royal tents between the sea and the beautiful holy mountain, but he will meet his end with no one to help him.
  18. Malachi 1:14“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.
  19. Malachi 3:12“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  20. Matthew 5:35or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
  21. Hebrews 12:22Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels

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