Psalms 132:6
What does Psalms 132:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 132:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah: We found it in the field of the wood.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah: We found it in the field of the wood.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949We had news of it at Ephrathah: we came to it in the fields of the wood.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Lo, we have heard it in Ephratah, We have found it in the fields of the forest.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Not available in this translation
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Behold, we heard of it at Ephratah, we found it in the fields of the wood.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 17:12
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken in years among men.
- Genesis 35:19
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).
- 1 Samuel 7:1
And the men of Kiriath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Jehovah, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Jehovah.
- Micah 5:2
But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
- Ruth 1:2
And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
- 1 Chronicles 13:5
So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor the brook of Egypt even unto the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
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