Psalms 48:12
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
Psalms 48:12 in other translations
| BSB | March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers, |
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| WEB | Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers. |
| ASV | Walk about Zion, and go round about her; Number the towers thereof; |
| YLT | Compass Zion, and go round her, count her towers, |
| DARBY | Walk about Zion, and go round about her: count the towers thereof; |
| BBE | Make your way about Zion, and go round it, numbering its towers. |
| Webster | Walk about Zion, and go round her: number her towers. |
What does Psalms 48:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 48:12-14
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 48:8-14
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…
Psalms 48:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 48:12
- Isaiah 33:18-20
Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers? Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand. Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
- Matthew 24:1-2
And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
- Nehemiah 12:31-40
Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, …
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ne 12:31-40; Mt 24:1,2
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Isa 33:18-20
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Context
- Psalms 48:11
Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
- Psalms 48:12
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
- Psalms 48:13
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
Psalms 48:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Andad alrededor de Sión, y rodeadla: contad sus torres. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Que la montagne de Sion se réjouisse, que les filles de Juda s’égaient, à cause de tes jugements. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Umgehet Zion und umkreiset es, zählet seine Türme; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et sepulchra eorum domus illorum in æternum; tabernacula eorum in progenie et progenie: vocaverunt nomina sua in terris suis. |