Psalms 87:6
What does Psalms 87:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 87:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Jehovah will count, when he writeth up the peoples, This one was born there. [Selah
KJV
King James Version · 1611The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Jehovah will count, when he writeth up the peoples, This one was born there. [Selah
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The Lord will keep in mind, when he is writing the records of the people, that this man had his birth there. (Selah.)
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Jehovah doth recount in the describing of the peoples, `This <FI>one<Fi> was born there.' Selah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Free among the dead. Like the slain sleeping in the sepulchres, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Jehovah will count, when he inscribeth the peoples, This [man] was born there. Selah.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 22:30
A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation.
- Psalms 69:28
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.
- Ezekiel 13:9
And my hand shall be against the prophets that see false visions, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the council of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.
- Jeremiah 3:19
But I said, How I will put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, Ye shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.
- Revelation 20:15
And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
- Luke 10:20
Nevertheless in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.
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