Psalm 48:2 - Catholic Public Domain Version

² Hear these things, all nations. Pay attention, all inhabitants of the world:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, Is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, The city of the great King.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Fair and beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth–Mount Zion [the City of David], to the northern side [Mount Moriah and the temple], the [whole] city of the Great King! [Matt. 5:35.]

American Standard Version (1901)

² Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, The city of the great King.

Common English Bible

² is a beautiful summit, the joy of the whole world. Mount Zion, in the far north, is the city of the great king.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Hear these things, all ye nations: give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.

English Standard Version 2016

² beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King.

Psalm 48:2 Cross References

Psalm 135:21

And he granted their land as an inheritance, for his mercy is eternal:

Psalm 50:2

when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he went to Bathsheba.

Psalm 76:2

I cried out to the Lord with my voice, to God with my voice, and he attended to me.

Psalm 87:3

Let my prayer enter in your sight. Incline your ear to my petition.

Isaiah 14:13

And you said in your heart: 'I will climb up to heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will be enthroned upon the mountain of the covenant, on the northern parts.

Isaiah 2:2

And in the last days, the mountain of the house of the Lord will be prepared at the summit of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills, and all the nations shall flow to it.

Isaiah 60:14

And the sons of those who humiliate you will approach and will bow down before you. And all who detract you will reverence the path of your feet. And they will call you the City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 66:10

Rejoice with Jerusalem, and exult in her, all you who love her! Rejoice greatly with her, all you who mourn over her!

Jeremiah 3:19

But I said: How shall I place you among the sons, and distribute to you a desirable land, the preeminent inheritance of the host of the Gentiles? And I said: You will call me Father, and you will not cease to walk after me.

Lamentations 2:15

SAMECH. All those who passed by the way have clapped their hands over you. They have hissed and shook their heads over the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, "Is this the city of perfect dignity, the joy of all the earth?"

Ezekiel 20:6

in that day, I lifted up my hand for their sake, so that I would lead them away from the land of Egypt, into a land which I had provided for them, flowing with milk and honey, which was singular among all lands.

Daniel 11:16

And when he arrives, he will do just as he pleases, and there will be none who stand against his face. And he will stand in the illustrious land, and it will be consumed by his hand.

Daniel 11:45

And he will fasten his tabernacle, Apadno, between the seas, upon an illustrious and holy mountain, and he will come even to its summit, and no one will help him."

Daniel 8:9

But from one of them came forth one little horn, and it became great against the Meridian, and against the East, and against the strength.

Malachi 1:14

Cursed is the deceitful, who holds in his flock a male, and, when making a vow, offers in sacrifice that which is feeble to the Lord. For I am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the Gentiles.

Malachi 3:12

And all nations will call you blessed. For you will be a desirable land, says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 5:35

nor by earth, for it is his footstool, nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king.

Hebrews 12:22

But you have drawn near to mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to the company of many thousands of Angels,