Psalms 132 · Verse 6

Psalms 132:6

Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
Psalms 132:6, King James Version

Psalms 132:6 in other translations

BSBWe heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.
WEBBehold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar.
ASVLo, we heard of it in Ephrathah: We found it in the field of the wood.
YLT‘Lo, we have heard it in Ephratah, We have found it in the fields of the forest.
DARBYBehold, we heard of it at Ephratah, we found it in the fields of the wood.
BBEWe had news of it at Ephrathah: we came to it in the fields of the wood.
WebsterLo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

What does Psalms 132:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. These may be the "words of David" and his pious friends, who, at Ephratah--or Beth-lehem (Ge 48:7), where he once lived, may have heard of the ark, which he found for the first time in the fields of the wood--or, Jair, or Kirjath-jearim ("City of woods") (1Sa 7:1; 2Sa 6:3, 4), whence it was brought to Zion.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Lo, we have heard of it at Ephratah - This may be considered as a continuation of David's vow, as if he had said: As I had determined to build a temple for the ark, and heard that it was at Ephratah, I went and found it in the fields of Jaar, יער; - not the wood, but Kirjath Jaar or Jearim, where the ark was then lodged; - and having found it, he entered the tabernacle, Psa 132:7; and then, adoring that God whose presence was in it, he invited him to arise and come to the place which he had prepared for him.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 132:1-10

David bound himself to find a place for the Lord, for the ark, the token of God's presence. When work is to be done for the Lord, it is good to tie ourselves to a time. It is good in the morning to fix upon work for the day, with submission to Providence, for we know not what a day may bring forth. And we should first, and without delay, seek to have our own hearts made a habitation of God through the Spirit. He…

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Psalms 132:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הִנֵּֽה\־hi.neh-here!H2009
שְׁמַֽעֲנ֥וּהָshe.ma.'a.Nu.hawe heard of itH8085
בְאֶפְרָ֑תָהve.'ef.Ra.tahin EphrathahH672
מְ֝צָאנ֗וּהָme.tza.Nu.hawe found itH4672
בִּשְׂדֵי\־bis.dei-in [the] fields ofH7704
יָֽעַר\׃Ya.'arJaarH3293

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Cross references for Psalms 132:6

  • 1 Samuel 17:12

    Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth–lehem–judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

  • 1 Samuel 7:1

    And the men of Kirjath–jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord.

  • Micah 5:2

    But thou, Beth–lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

  • 1 Chronicles 13:5-6

    So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath–jearim. And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath–jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the Lord, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.

  • Genesis 35:19

    And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth–lehem.

  • Ruth 1:2

    And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth–lehem–judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
at Ephratah.
Ru 1:2; 1Sa 17:12; Mic 5:2
we found.
1Sa 7:1; 1Ch 13:5,6

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Context

  • Psalms 132:5

    Until I find out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

  • Psalms 132:6

    Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

  • Psalms 132:7

    We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.

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Psalms 132:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		He aquí, en Ephrata oímos de ella: hallámosla en los campos del bosque.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Voici, nous avons entendu parler d’elle à Éphrata, nous l’avons trouvée dans les champs de Jaar.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Siehe, wir hörten von ihr in Ephrata, wir fanden sie in dem Gefilde Jaars.