Psalms 87:6
“The Lord shall count when he writeth vp the people: that this man was borne there. Selah.”
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Psalms 87:6 Context
4I will make mention of Rahab, and Babylon, to them that know mee; behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: this man was borne there. 5And of Zion it shalbe said, This and that man was borne in her: and the highest himselfe shall establish her. 6The Lord shall count when he writeth vp the people: that this man was borne there. Selah. 7As wel the singers as the players on instruments shall bee there: all my springs are in thee.
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Other Translations for Psalms 87:6
The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, [that] this [man] was born there. Selah.
- King James Version
The LORD will count when He registers the peoples, "This one was born there. Selah."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Jehovah will count, when he writeth up the peoples, This one was born there. Selah
- American Standard Version (1901)
The Lord will keep in mind, when he is writing the records of the people, that this man had his birth there. (Selah.)
- Basic English Bible
Jehovah will count, when he inscribeth the peoples, This [man] was born there. Selah.
- Darby Bible
The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
- Webster's Bible
Yahweh will count, when he writes up the peoples, "This one was born there." Selah.
- World English Bible
Jehovah doth recount in the describing of the peoples, `This [one] was born there.' Selah.
- Youngs Literal Bible
The LORD shall count in the register of the peoples: 'This one was born there.' Selah
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Psalms 87:6
87:6 When - When God, the maker and governor of this city shall take a survey of all his citizens. It is an allusion to princes or governors of cities that use to write and keep a register of all their people.