Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
Parallel translations
- WEB Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together;
- BSB Jerusalem is built up as a city united together,
- NKJV Jerusalem is built As a city that is compact together,
- NASB Jerusalem, that has been built As a city that is firmly joined together;
- NLT Jerusalem is a well-built city; its seamless walls cannot be breached.
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Quick answer
Jerusalem is built as a city closely joined together. Its unity and compactness reflect God's design for His people.
Overview
The psalmist admires Jerusalem as a city 'compact together,' tightly built and unified. This physical unity mirrors the spiritual unity God intends for His worshiping people. The image points toward the new Jerusalem and the church, knit together as one body in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- 2 Sam 5:9So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
- Eph 2:20–21And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
- Neh 4:6So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
- Ps 147:2The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
- Eph 4:4–7There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
- Rev 21:10–27And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
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