They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.
Parallel translations
- WEB They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion.
- KJV They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
- NKJV They go from strength to strength; Each one appears before God in Zion.
- NASB They go from strength to strength, Every one of them appears before God in Zion.
- NLT They will continue to grow stronger, and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.
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Quick answer
The pilgrims go from strength to strength until each appears before God in Zion. God sustains His people increasingly until they reach His presence.
Overview
Rather than growing weaker on the journey, those whose strength is in God advance from strength to strength, arriving at last before Him in Zion. This describes the believer's progress, upheld by God all the way to the goal. It assures God's people that He will bring them safely into His presence at the journey's end.
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Cross-references · 17
- Prov 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
- 2 Cor 3:18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- Isa 40:31But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
- Job 17:9Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
- 2 Pet 3:18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
- Ps 43:3Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.
- John 1:16From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
- Deut 16:16Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.
- John 14:3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.
- Ps 42:2My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
- Jer 31:6For there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”
- John 15:2He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
- 1 Th 4:17After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
- John 6:39And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.
- Zech 14:16Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
- Isa 46:13I am bringing My righteousness near; it is not far away, and My salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion and adorn Israel with My splendor.
- Luke 2:24and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
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