Psalms 78:68

New King James Version

But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He chose instead the tribe of Judah,Mount Zion, which he loved.

Hebrew Names Version
But chose the tribe of Yehudah, Mount Tziyon which he loved.

King James Version
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

English Standard Version
but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.

New Century Version
Instead, he chose the tribe of Judah and Mount Zion, which he loves.

New English Translation
He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves.

Amplified Bible
But He chose the tribe of Judah [as Israel's leader], Mount Zion, which He loved [to replace Shiloh as His capital].

New American Standard Bible
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

World English Bible
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But chose the tribe of Iudah, and mount Zion which he loued.

Legacy Standard Bible
But chose the tribe of Judah,Mount Zion which He loved.

Berean Standard Bible
But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

Contemporary English Version
Instead he chose the tribe of Judah, and he chose Mount Zion, the place he loves.

Complete Jewish Bible
he chose the tribe of Y'hudah, Mount Tziyon, which he loved.

Darby Translation
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved;

Easy-to-Read Version
No, he chose the tribe of Judah, and he chose Mount Zion, the place he loves.

George Lamsa Translation
But chose the tribe of Judah, mount Zion which he loved.

Good News Translation
Instead he chose the tribe of Judah and Mount Zion, which he dearly loves.

Lexham English Bible
but chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion that he loved.

Literal Translation
but He elected the tribe of Judah, the Mount Zion which He loved.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He refused the tabernacle of Ioseph, and chose not the trybe of Ephraim.

American Standard Version
But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.

Bible in Basic English
But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which He loved.

King James Version (1611)
But chose the tribe of Iudah: the mount Sion which he loued. And he built his sanctuarie like high palaces: like the earth which he hath established for euer. He chose Dauid also his seruant, and tooke him from the sheepe-folds: From following the ewes great with young, hee brought him to feed Iacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But he chose the tribe of Iuda: euen the hill of Sion which he loued.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
but chose the tribe of Juda, the mount Sion which he loved.

English Revised Version
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But he chees the lynage of Juda; he chees the hil of Syon, which he louede.

Update Bible Version
But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.

Webster's Bible Translation
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

New Living Translation
He chose instead the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loved.

New Life Bible
but chose the family of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.

New Revised Standard
but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But made choice of the tribe of Judah, The mountain of Zion, which he loved;

Douay-Rheims Bible
(77-68) But he chose the tribe of Juda, mount Sion which he loved.

Revised Standard Version
but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.

Young's Literal Translation
And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.

Contextual Overview

⁴⁰ How often they provoked Him in the wilderness, And grieved Him in the desert! ⁴¹ Yes, again and again they tempted God, And limited the Holy One of Israel. ⁴² They did not remember His power: The day when He redeemed them from the enemy, ⁴³ When He worked His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan; ⁴⁴ Turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, that they could not drink. ⁴⁵ He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them, And frogs, which destroyed them. ⁴⁶ He also gave their crops to the caterpillar, And their labor to the locust. ⁴⁷ He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycamore trees with frost. ⁴⁸ He also gave up their cattle to the hail, And their flocks to fiery lightning. ⁴⁹ He cast on them the fierceness of His anger, Wrath, indignation, and trouble, By sending angels of destruction among them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

chose: Genesis 49:8-10, Ruth 4:17-22, 1 Samuel 16:1, 2 Chronicles 6:6

mount: Psalms 87:2, Psalms 132:12-14

Reciprocal: Genesis 46:12 - Judah Exodus 15:17 - mountain Exodus 20:24 - in all places Leviticus 26:11 - I will Deuteronomy 12:5 - But unto Deuteronomy 12:11 - a place Deuteronomy 33:7 - and bring Joshua 9:27 - in the place Judges 1:2 - General 1 Kings 8:13 - a settled 1 Kings 14:21 - the city 2 Kings 21:4 - In Jerusalem 2 Kings 21:7 - In this house 1 Chronicles 5:2 - the chief ruler 1 Chronicles 11:5 - the castle 1 Chronicles 28:4 - chose me 2 Chronicles 7:12 - have chosen 2 Chronicles 12:13 - the city 2 Chronicles 32:19 - the God 2 Chronicles 33:7 - which I have Ezra 3:2 - as it is written Psalms 2:6 - my Psalms 9:11 - which Psalms 24:3 - the hill Psalms 43:3 - thy holy Psalms 48:1 - city Psalms 65:1 - in Sion Psalms 68:15 - of God Psalms 74:2 - this mount Psalms 121:1 - lift up Psalms 122:4 - Whither Psalms 132:13 - the Lord Isaiah 25:6 - in this Isaiah 33:20 - the city Jeremiah 7:15 - the whole Mark 12:1 - and set John 4:20 - and ye Acts 7:46 - found

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But chose the tribe of Judah,.... Both to be the seat of kingly power and government, and of religious worship; the latter is chiefly designed. Jerusalem was, at least part of it, in the tribe of Judah: here David, who was of that tribe, dwelt, and Solomon his son, and all the kings of Judah afterwards; here the temple was built, into which the ark of the covenant was put, and whither the tribes went up to worship

the mount Zion, which he loved; where was the city of David; into which the ark was brought when removed from Gibeah, and on part of which the temple was built: the choice of this place, for such a purpose, was from love, Psalms 87:2, it was typical of the church, the choice of which also arises from the everlasting and unchangeable love of God to it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But chose the tribe of Judah - He chose David of the tribe of Judah as ruler and king; he chose a place within the limits of Judah, to wit, Mount Zion, or Jerusalem, as the place where his worship was to be celebrated. Thus, the ancient prediction in regard to the supremacy of Judah was accomplished. Genesis 49:8-10.

The Mount Zion, which he loved - Which he chose, for which he had an affection. Compare Psalms 87:2.