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Psalms 48:3

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— God, in her palaces, Has made Himself known as a stronghold.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— God hath made himself known in her palaces for a refuge.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— God hath made himself known in her palaces for a refuge.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— God is known in her palaces as a high fortress.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— God, in her palaces, is to be known as a high tower.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— God in her high places is known for a tower.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— In her houses shall God be known, when he shall protect her.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— In the palaces thereof God is knowen for a refuge.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— God is knowen in her palaces for a refuge.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— God shows his might in her walled cities.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— God is known in her palaces, when he undertakes to help her.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Elohim is known in her palaces for a refuge.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
´Élöhîm אֱלֹהִים 430
{0430} Prime
אֱלֹהִים
'elohiym
{el-o-heem'}
Plural of H0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative.
is known 3045
{3045} Prime
ידע
yada`
{yaw-dah'}
A primitive root; to know (properly to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively instruction, designation, punishment, etc.).
z8738
<8738> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 1429
in her palaces 759
{0759} Prime
אַרְמוֹן
'armown
{ar-mone'}
From an unused root (meaning to be elevated); a citadel (from its height).
for a refuge. 4869
{4869} Prime
מִשְׂגָּב
misgab
{mis-gawb'}
From H7682; properly a cliff (or other lofty or inaccessible place); abstractly altitude; figuratively a refuge; misgab; a place in Moab.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 48:2-3.


Psalms 48:3

_ _ palaces — literally, “citadels.”

_ _ refuge — (Psalms 9:10; Psalms 18:3). He was so known in them because they enjoyed His presence.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 48:1-7.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 48:3

Known — By long experience. Palaces — Possibly he may point at the king's palace and the temple, which was the palace of the king of heaven; which two palaces God did in a singular manner protect, and by protecting them, protected the whole city and people.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 48:3

God is known in her palaces for a (d) refuge.

(d) Unless God is the defence of it, neither situation nor munition can prevail.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

Psalms 76:1-5 [[To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph.]] In Judah [is] God known: his name [is] great in Israel. ... The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
Psalms 125:1 [[A Song of degrees.]] They that trust in the LORD [shall be] as mount Zion, [which] cannot be removed, [but] abideth for ever.
2 Chronicles 12:7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; [therefore] I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
2 Chronicles 14:9-15 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah. ... They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 20:1-37 It came to pass after this also, [that] the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them [other] beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. ... Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
Isaiah 4:5-6 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory [shall be] a defence. ... And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
Isaiah 37:33-36 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it. ... Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they [were] all dead corpses.
Zechariah 2:4-5 And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited [as] towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: ... For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
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2Ch 12:7; 14:9; 20:1. Ps 76:1; 125:1. Is 4:5; 37:33. Zc 2:4.

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