Psalm 87:4

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon; behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia— “This one was born there,” they say.

Cross References

Job 9:13

“God will not turn back his anger; beneath him bowed the helpers of Rahab.

Psalm 137:1

By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.

Psalm 45:12

the people of Tyre will sue your favor with gifts, the richest of the people

Psalm 68:31

Let bronze be brought from Egypt; let Ethiopia hasten to stretch out her hands to God.

Psalm 89:10

Thou didst crush Rahab like a carcass, thou didst scatter thy enemies with thy mighty arm.

Isaiah 19:11

The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the wise counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?

Isaiah 51:9

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not thou that didst cut Rahab in pieces, that didst pierce the dragon?

Jeremiah 25:9

behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, says the Lord, and for Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about; I will utterly destroy them, and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting reproach.

Ezekiel 28:2

“Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God: “Because your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,’ yet you are but a man, and no god, though you consider yourself as wise as a god—

Daniel 4:30

and the king said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”

Acts 8:27

And he rose and went. And behold, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a minister of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of all her treasure, had come to Jerusalem to worship

Revelation 17:5

and on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of harlots and of earth's abominations.”

Revelation 18:2

And he called out with a mighty voice, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! It has become a dwelling place of demons, a haunt of every foul spirit, a haunt of every foul and hateful bird;

1 Samuel 17:8

He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why have you come out to draw up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.