Psalms 24 · Verse 3

Psalms 24:3

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?
Psalms 24:3, King James Version

Psalms 24:3 in other translations

BSBWho may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place?
WEBWho may ascend to the LORD’s hill? Who may stand in his holy place?
ASVWho shall ascend into the hill of Jehovah? And who shall stand in his holy place?
YLTWho goeth up into the hill of Jehovah? And who riseth up in His holy place?
DARBYWho shall ascend into the mount of Jehovah? and who shall stand in his holy place?
BBEWho may go up into the hill of the Lord? and who may come into his holy place?
WebsterWho shall ascend upon the hill of the LORD? and who shall stand in his holy place?

What does Psalms 24:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 24:3-4
3-4. The form of a question gives vivacity. Hands, tongue, and heart are organs of action, speech, and feeling, which compose character. hill of the Lord--(compare Psa 2:6, &c.). His Church--the true or invisible, as typified by the earthly sanctuary.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Who shall ascend - Who is sufficiently holy to wait in his temple? Who is fit to minister in the holy place?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 24:1-6

We ourselves are not our own; our bodies, our souls, are not. Even those of the children of men are God's, who know him not, nor own their relation to him. A soul that knows and considers its own nature, and that it must live for ever, when it has viewed the earth and the fulness thereof, will sit down unsatisfied. It will think of ascending toward God, and will ask, What shall I do, that I may abide in that happy…

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Psalms 24:3 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.

מִֽי\־mi-who?H4310
יַעֲלֶ֥הya.'a.Lehwill he go upH5927
בְהַר\־ve.har-on [the] mountain ofH2022
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וּמִי\־u.mi-and who?H4310
יָ֝קוּםYa.kumwill he standH6965
בִּמְק֥וֹםbim.Komin [the] place ofH4725
קָדְשֽׁוֹ\׃ka.de.Shoholiness hisH6944

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 24:3

  • Psalms 15:1

    A Psalm of David. Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

  • Hebrews 12:28

    Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

  • Psalms 2:6

    Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

  • Psalms 65:4

    Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

  • Malachi 3:1

    Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Psalms 68:18

    Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.

  • Psalms 132:13-14

    For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

  • Hebrews 12:22-24

    But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

  • Leviticus 10:3

    Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

  • 2 Samuel 6:12-17

    And it was told king David, saying, The Lord hath blessed the house of Obed–edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed–edom into the city of David with gladness. And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. …

  • Psalms 68:15-16

    The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan. Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.

  • Psalms 78:68-69

    But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Who.
15:1; 68:18; Joh 13:36; 20:17; Eph 4:8-10
the hill.
68:15,16; 78:68,69; 132:13,14; 2Sa 6:12-17; 1Ch 15:1,25-28
Heb 12:22-24
stand.
Le 10:3; Mal 3:1; Heb 12:28

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 24:2

    For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

  • Psalms 24:3

    Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?

  • Psalms 24:4

    He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

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Psalms 24:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Quién subirá al monte de Jehová? ¿y quién estará en el lugar de su santidad?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Qui est-ce qui montera en la montagne de l’ Éternel? et qui se tiendra dans le lieu de sa sainteté?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wer wird steigen auf den Berg Jehovas, und wer wird stehen an seiner heiligen Stätte?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Neque irrideant me inimici mei: etenim universi qui sustinent te, non confundentur.