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Psalms 48:12
12Walk about Zion, go around her, count her towers,
Psalms 48:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Walk about Zion, go around her, number 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
10Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness. 11Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments. Walk about Zion, go around her, count her towers, 13consider well her ramparts, view her citadels, that you may tell of them to the next generation. 14For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.
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 12:31I had the leaders of Judah go up on top of the wall. I also assigned two large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed on top of the wall to the right, toward the Dung Gate.
- Matthew 24:1Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings.
- Isaiah 33:18In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror: “Where is that chief officer? Where is the one who took the revenue? Where is the officer in charge of 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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