Psalm 87:5
New International Version
Indeed, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High himself will establish her.”

New Living Translation
Regarding Jerusalem it will be said, “Everyone enjoys the rights of citizenship there.” And the Most High will personally bless this city.

English Standard Version
And of Zion it shall be said, “This one and that one were born in her”; for the Most High himself will establish her.

Berean Standard Bible
And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”

King James Bible
And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.

New King James Version
And of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her; And the Most High Himself shall establish her.”

New American Standard Bible
But of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her”; And the Most High Himself will establish her.

NASB 1995
But of Zion it shall be said, “This one and that one were born in her"; And the Most High Himself will establish her.

NASB 1977
But of Zion it shall be said, “This one and that one were born in her”; And the Most High Himself will establish her.

Legacy Standard Bible
But of Zion it shall be said, “This one and that one were born in her”; And the Most High Himself will establish her.

Amplified Bible
But of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her,” And the Most High Himself will establish her.

Christian Standard Bible
And it will be said of Zion, “This one and that one were born in her.” The Most High himself will establish her.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And it will be said of Zion,” This one and that one were born in her.” The Most High Himself will establish her.

American Standard Version
Yea, of Zion it shall be said, This one and that one was born in her; And the Most High himself will establish her.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And to Zion let it be said, "The Mighty Man was born in it and he will prepare it.”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
A man shall say, Sion is my mother; and such a man was born in her; and the Highest himself has founded her.

Contemporary English Version
God Most High will strengthen the city of Zion. Then everyone will say, "We were born here too."

Douay-Rheims Bible
Shall not Sion say: This man and that man is born in her? and the Highest himself hath founded her.

English Revised Version
Yea, of Zion it shall be said, This one and that one was born in her; and the Most High himself shall establish her.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But it will be said of Zion, "Every race is born in it. The Most High will make it secure."

Good News Translation
Of Zion it will be said that all nations belong there and that the Almighty will make her strong.

International Standard Version
Indeed, about Zion it will be said: "More than one person was born in it," and "The Most High himself did it."

JPS Tanakh 1917
But of Zion it shall be said: 'This man and that was born in her; And the Most High Himself doth establish her.'

Literal Standard Version
And of Zion it is said: Each one was born in her, | And He, the Most High, establishes her.

Majority Standard Bible
And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”

New American Bible
the LORD notes in the register of the peoples: “This one was born there.” Selah

NET Bible
But it is said of Zion's residents, "Each one of these was born in her, and the sovereign One makes her secure."

New Revised Standard Version
And of Zion it shall be said, “This one and that one were born in it”; for the Most High himself will establish it.

New Heart English Bible
Yes, of Zion it will be said, "This one and that one was born in her;" the Most High himself will establish her.

Webster's Bible Translation
And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the Highest himself shall establish her.

World English Bible
Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her;” the Most High himself will establish her.

Young's Literal Translation
And of Zion it is said: Each one was born in her, And He, the Most High, doth establish her.

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Context
The LORD Loves the Gates of Zion
4“I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me—along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’ ” 5And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.” 6The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selah…

Cross References
Psalm 31:21
Blessed be the LORD, for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege.

Psalm 48:8
As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah

Isaiah 10:24
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: "O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did.

Isaiah 14:32
What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? "The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge."


Treasury of Scripture

And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.

of Zion

Isaiah 44:4,5
And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses…

Isaiah 60:1-9
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee…

John 1:12-14
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: …

highest

Ezekiel 48:35
It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.

Matthew 16:18
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Romans 8:31
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

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4. The increase, honor, and comfort of the members thereof.














(5) And of Zion . . .--This verse must be taken as antithetical to the preceding. The poet claims a prouder boast for natives of Jerusalem, because it was established by the Most High. Render, But of Zion it is said, "This man and that (literally, man and man) was born in her, and her the Most High established."

Verse 5. - And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her. A repetition, but emphatic, and perhaps intended to assert of individuals what in the preceding verse was said of nations. And the highest himself shall establish her; literally, and he, the highest, shall establish her (comp. Matthew 16:18). The Church is "established" on a Rock, forever.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And it will be said
יֵאָמַ֗ר (yê·’ā·mar)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

of Zion:
וּֽלֲצִיּ֨וֹן ׀ (ū·lă·ṣî·yō·wn)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6726: Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem

“This one
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

and that one
וְ֭אִישׁ (wə·’îš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

were born
יֻלַּד־ (yul·laḏ-)
Verb - QalPass - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

in her,
בָּ֑הּ (bāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

and the Most High
עֶלְיֽוֹן׃ (‘el·yō·wn)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 5945: An elevation, lofty, as title, the Supreme

Himself
וְה֖וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

will establish her.”
יְכוֹנְנֶ֣הָ (yə·ḵō·wn·ne·hā)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3559: To be erect


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