King James Version
Psalms 87:4 in the King James Version says “I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was b...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 87 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.”
Psalms 87:4 · KJV
The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.
The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I will make mention”
H2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e., to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
“and Babylon”
H894babel (i.e., babylon), including babylonia and the babylonian empire
“to them that know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“this man was born”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
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