Psalm 78:68
Strong's Lexicon
But He chose
וַ֭יִּבְחַר (way·yiḇ·ḥar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 977: 1) to choose, elect, decide for 1a) (Qal) to choose 1b) (Niphal) to be chosen 1c) (Pual) to be chosen, selected

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

the tribe
שֵׁ֣בֶט (šê·ḇeṭ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7626: 1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe 1a) rod, staff 1b) shaft (of spear, dart) 1c) club (of shepherd's implement) 1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority) 1e) clan, tribe

of Judah,
יְהוּדָ֑ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3063: Judah = 'praised' 1) the son of Jacob by Leah 2) the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob 3) the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah 4) the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon 5) a Levite in Ezra's time 6) an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 7) a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah 8) a priest in the time of Nehemiah

אֶֽת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

Mount
הַ֥ר (har)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2022: 1) hill, mountain, hill country, mount

Zion,
צִ֝יּ֗וֹן (ṣî·yō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6726: Zion = 'parched place' 1) another name for Jerusalem especially in the prophetic books

which
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: 1) (relative part.) 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if

He loved.
אָהֵֽב׃ (’ā·hêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 157: 1) to love 1a) (Qal) 1a1) human love for another, includes family, and sexual 1a2) human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom 1a3) human love for or to God 1a4) act of being a friend 1a4a) lover (participle) 1a4b) friend (participle) 1a5) God's love toward man 1a5a) to individual men 1a5b) to people Israel 1a5c) to righteousness 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) lovely (participle) 1b2) loveable (participle) 1c) (Piel) 1c1) friends 1c2) lovers (fig. of adulterers) 2) to like

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

Young's Literal Translation
And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He chose instead the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

New American Standard Bible
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.

King James Bible
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved.

New Living Translation
He chose instead the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loved.

English Standard Version
but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.

New American Standard Bible
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.

King James Bible
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He chose instead the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

International Standard Version
But he chose the tribe of Judah, the mountain of Zion, which he loves.

NET Bible
He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves.

American Standard Version
But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.

English Revised Version
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

Young's Literal Translation
And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,
















Cross References
Exodus 15:17
Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.

Numbers 1:26
Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Deuteronomy 12:5
But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

Psalm 87:2
The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

Psalm 114:2
Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.

Psalm 132:13
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.

Psalm 133:3
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 78:67
Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

Psalm 78:66
And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.

Psalm 78:65
Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
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