Psalms 68:16 — compare English translations
Compare translationsPsalms 68:16 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
לָ֤מָּה
mâh
H4100
what
תְּֽרַצְּדוּן֮
râtsad
H7520
to watch
הָרִ֪ים
har
H2022
mountain
גַּבְנֻ֫נִּ֥ים
gabnôn
H1386
peak
הָהָ֗ר
har
H2022
mountain
חָמַ֣ד
châmad
H2530
to desire
אֱלֹהִ֣ים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
לְשִׁבְתּ֑וֹ
yâshab
H3427
to dwell
אַף
ʼaph
H637
also
יְ֝הוָ֗ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
יִשְׁכֹּ֥ן
shâkan
H7931
to dwell
לָנֶֽצַח
netsach
H5331
perpetuity
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, At the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.
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King James Version Public Domain
Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Why do you look enviously, mountains, peaks, the mountain God desired for his dwelling? Indeed, Yahweh will inhabit forever.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).