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Psalms 84:10

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

KJV

Verumtamen prope timentes eum salutare ipsius, ut inhabitet gloria in terra nostra.

Vulgate

πλὴν ἐγγὺς τῶν φοβουμένων αὐτὸν τὸ σωτήριον αὐτοῦ, τοῦ κατασκηνῶσαι δόξαν ἐν τῇ γῇ ἡμῶν.

LXX

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

ASV

מָ֭גִנֵּ/נוּ רְאֵ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְ֝/הַבֵּ֗ט פְּנֵ֣י מְשִׁיחֶֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה
h
verb · 70×
וֹ
v
noun · 38×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מָגֵ֣ן
mgn
noun · 62×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Chapter 5.—Of Those Things Which a Man of God Spake by the Spirit to Eli the Priest, Signifying that the Priesthood Which Had Been Appointed According to Aaron Was to Be Taken Away. But this is said more plainly by a man of God sent to Eli the priest himself, whose name indeed is not mentioned, but whose office and ministry show him to have been indubitably a prophet. For it is…

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 12:9 — But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put
  • 2Sam 15:25 — And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:
  • Ezek 40:6 — Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which w
  • Gen 13:4 — Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
  • Heb 11:25 — Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
  • Isa 58:13 — If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, n
  • Jas 2:3 — And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
  • Luke 2:46 — And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
  • Luke 15:19 — And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
  • Mark 9:5 — And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
  • Phil 3:20 — For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
  • Prov 8:34 — Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
  • Ps 17:14 — From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of
  • Ps 26:8 — LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
  • Ps 26:8 — LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
  • Ps 27:4 — One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
  • Ps 27:4 — One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
  • Ps 42:2 — My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
  • Ps 43:3 — O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
  • Ps 63:2 — To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
  • Ps 73:28 — But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
  • Ps 84:1 — How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
  • Ps 118:24 — This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
  • Ps 122:1 — I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
  • Ps 122:9 — Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
  • Ps 137:6 — If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
  • Ps 141:4 — Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
  • Rom 8:5 — For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
  • Song 2:4 — He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.