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Psalms 48:2

Psalms chapter 48 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, The city of the great King.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, The city of the great King.

Context

v.1Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

v.2This passage

v.3God hath made himself known in her palaces for a refuge.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 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 called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

  • Psalms 50:2

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

  • Isaiah 66:10

    Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn over her;

  • Hebrews 12:22

    but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels,

  • Malachi 1:14

    But cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the Gentiles.

  • Isaiah 60:15

    Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man passed through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.