English Standard Version
Psalms 48:12
12Walk about Zion, go around her, number her towers,
Psalms 48:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
- New International Version (NIV)Walk about Zion, go around her, count her towers,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Walk about Zion, And go all around her. Count her towers;
- New Living Translation (NLT)Go, inspect the city of Jerusalem. Walk around and count the many towers.
Context of Psalms 48:12
10As your name, O God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness. 11Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments! Walk about Zion, go around her, number her towers, 13consider well her ramparts, go through her citadels, that you may tell the next generation 14that this is God, our God forever and ever. He will guide us forever.
Read all of Psalms 48Psalms 48:12 word by word
סֹ֣בּוּ צִ֭יּוֹן וְהַקִּיפ֑וּהָ סִ֝פְר֗וּ מִגְדָּלֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 48:12
- Nehemiah 12:31Then I brought the leaders of Judah up onto the wall and appointed two great choirs that gave thanks. One went to the south on the wall to the Dung Gate.
- Matthew 24:1Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple.
- Isaiah 33:18Your heart will muse on the terror: "Where is he who counted, where is he who weighed the tribute? Where is he who counted the towers?"
Commentaries on Psalms 48:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Walk about Zion - Consider the beauty and magnificence of the temple, count the towers by which it is fortified.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Walk about Zion - This is a call on all persons to go round the city; to take a survey of it; to see how beautiful and how strong it was - how it had escaped all danger, and was uninjured by the attempt to destroy it - how capable it was of resisting an attack. The word “walk” here means simply to go around or surround. The other word used has a more direct reference to a solemn procession. And go round about her - The word used here - from נקף nâqaph…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-14Verses 8-14 We have here the improvement which the people of God are to make of his glorious and gracious appearances for them. Let our faith in the word of God be hereby confirmed. Let our hope of the stability of the church be encouraged. Let our minds be filled with good thoughts of God. All the streams of mercy that flow down to us, must be traced to the fountain of His loving-kindness. Let us give to God the glory of the great things he has done for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13towers … ramparts … citadel: These structures show Zion's strength.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1412-14. The call to survey Zion, or the Church, as a fortified city, is designed to suggest "how well our God secures His fold." This security is perpetual, and its pledge is His guidance through this life.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 48
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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