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Yahweh, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.
Psalms 26:8 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
  • BSB O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
  • NKJV Lord, I have loved the habitation of Your house, And the place where Your glory dwells.
  • NASB ¶Lord, I love the dwelling of Your house, And the place where Your glory remains.
  • NLT I love your sanctuary, Lord, the place where your glorious presence dwells.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 18

  • Ps 84:10For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
  • Ps 27:4–6One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.
  • John 2:14–17He found in the temple those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, and the changers of money sitting.
  • Ps 122:9For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.
  • Ps 84:1–2For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies!
  • Isa 38:22Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I will go up to Yahweh’s house?”
  • Luke 2:46After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the middle of the teachers, both listening to them, and asking them questions.
  • Ps 122:1–4A Song of Ascents. By David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to Yahweh’s house!”
  • Isa 38:20Yahweh will save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in Yahweh’s house.
  • 1 Chr 29:3In addition, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, since I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, I give it to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
  • 2 Chr 5:14so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for Yahweh’s glory filled God’s house.
  • Exod 40:34–35Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle.
  • Luke 2:49He said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
  • Exod 25:21–22You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you.
  • Luke 19:45–47He entered into the temple, and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it,
  • Ps 42:4These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I used to go with the crowd, and led them to God’s house, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.
  • Ps 63:2–3So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.
  • 2 Sam 15:25The king said to Zadok, “Carry God’s ark back into the city. If I find favor in Yahweh’s eyes, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation;

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