Psalms 147:13
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
KJV
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.
ASV
כִּֽי חִ֭זַּק בְּרִיחֵ֣י שְׁעָרָ֑יִ/ךְ בֵּרַ֖ךְ בָּנַ֣יִ/ךְ בְּ/קִרְבֵּֽ/ךְ
Hebrew
Because he hath strengthened the bolts of thy gates, he hath blessed thy children within thee.
Douay-Rheims
For He did strengthen the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy sons in thy midst.
YLT
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בָּר֥וּךְ
brvk
verb · 324×
הֶחֱזִ֗יק
hchzyq
verb · 289×
ו
v
noun · 42×
וֹ
v
noun · 227×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Dan 9:25 — Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street
- Isa 44:3 — For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
- Jer 30:19 — And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
- Lam 2:8 — The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament;
- Lam 4:12 — The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.
- Luke 19:42 — Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
- Neh 3:1 — Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, un
- Neh 6:1 — Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time
- Neh 7:1 — Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
- Neh 7:3 — And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem
- Neh 12:30 — And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
- Ps 37:26 — He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
- Ps 48:11 — Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
- Ps 51:18 — Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
- Ps 115:14 — The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
- Ps 125:2 — As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
- Ps 128:3 — Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
- Ps 144:12 — That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
- Zech 8:3 — Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.