Yahweh’s glory went up from the middle of the city, and stood on the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
- BSB And the glory of the LORD rose up from within the city and stood over the mountain east of the city.
- NKJV And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city and stood on the mountain, which is on the east side of the city.
- NASB The glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city and stood over the mountain which is east of the city.
- NLT Then the glory of the Lord went up from the city and stopped above the mountain to the east.
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Cross-references · 8
- Zech 14:4His feet will stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in two, from east to west, making a very great valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
- Ezek 8:4Behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.
- Ezek 10:4Yahweh’s glory mounted up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Yahweh’s glory.
- Ezek 43:2Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shined with his glory.
- Matt 23:37“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!
- Ezek 9:3The glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house; and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer’s inkhorn by his side.
- Ezek 10:18Yahweh’s glory went out from over the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.
- Ezek 43:4Yahweh’s glory came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
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