16Why do ye look with envy, ye many-peaked mountains, upon the mount that God hath desired for his abode? yea, Jehovah will dwell there for ever.


In Context

13 Though ye have lain among the sheepfolds, ye shall be as wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with green gold.

14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it became snow-white as Zalmon.

15 As mount Bashan is the mount of God, a many-peaked mountain, as mount Bashan.

16 Why do ye look with envy, ye many-peaked mountains, upon the mount that God hath desired for his abode? yea, Jehovah will dwell there for ever.

17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them: it is a Sinai in holiness.

18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts in Man, and even for the rebellious, for the dwelling there of Jah Elohim.

Psalm 68:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

68:16Why leap ye, ye high hills? [this is] the hill [which] God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell [in it] for ever.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

68:16Why gaze in envy, O rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign, where the Lord himself will dwell forever?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

68:16Why suspect, ye curdled mountains? A mountain in which God is well pleased to dwell: for there the Lord shall dwell unto the end.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

68:16Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell in it for ever.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

68:16Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, at the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

68:16Why leap ye, ye lofty hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yes, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

68:16Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

68:16Why do ye envy, O high hills, The hill God hath desired for His seat? Jehovah also doth tabernacle for ever.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

68:16Why leap you, you high hills? this is the hill which God desires to dwell in; yes, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.