Psalms 125:1
What does Psalms 125:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 125:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Those whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A Song of the Ascents. Those trusting in Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> as Mount Zion, It is not moved--to the age it abideth.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752A gradual canticle. When the Lord brought back the captivity of Sion, we became like men comforted.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890They that confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved; it abideth for ever.
Context
v.1This passage
v.2As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So Jehovah is round about his people From this time forth and for evermore.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 12:6
Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great in the midst of thee is the Holy One of Israel.
- Psalms 122:1
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of Jehovah.
- Revelation 14:1
And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty and four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.
- Isaiah 52:1
Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
- Ephesians 1:12
to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:
- Obadiah 1:21
And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be Jehovah’s.
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