“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
Parallel translations
- KJV Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
- BSB “I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
- NKJV “Yet I have set My King On My holy hill of Zion.”
- NASB “But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”
- NLT For the Lord declares, “I have placed my chosen king on the throne in Jerusalem, on my holy mountain.”
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- Rev 14:1I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.
- Matt 28:18Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
- Eph 1:22He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,
- Isa 9:6–7For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Ps 48:1–2A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
- Ps 110:1–2A Psalm by David. Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
- Heb 12:22But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
- Ps 45:6Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.
- Dan 7:13–14I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
- Acts 5:30–31The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.
- Ps 132:13–14For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.
- Ps 89:27I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
- Ps 78:68But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
- Phil 2:9–11Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;
- Ps 50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out.
- Ps 89:36–37His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.
- Acts 2:34–36For David didn’t ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit by my right hand,
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