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Psalms 87:6

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— The LORD will count when He registers the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, [that] this [man] was born there. Selah.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the peoples, this one was born there. [Selah]
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Jehovah will count, when he writeth up the peoples, This one was born there. Selah.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, [that] this [man] was born there. Selah.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Jehovah will count, when he inscribeth the peoples, This [man] was born there. Selah.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Yahweh, will record, when he enrolleth the peoples, This one was born there. [Selah.]
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Jehovah doth recount in the describing of the peoples, 'This [one] was born there.' Selah.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The Lord shall tell in his writings of peoples and of princes, of them that have been in her.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— The Lord shall count, when hee writeth the people, He was borne there. Selah.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The LORD shall count when he writeth vp the people: [that] this man was borne there. Selah.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The LORD shall number his people in the book: This man was born there!
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— The Lord shall recount [it] in the writing of the people, and of these princes that were born in her.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Yahweh shall count, when he writeth up the people, [that] this [man] was born there. Selah.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Yähwè יָהוֶה 3068
{3068} Prime
יְהֹוָה
Y@hovah
{yeh-ho-vaw'}
From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
shall count, 5608
{5608} Prime
סָפַר
caphar
{saw-far'}
A primitive root; properly to score with a mark as a tally or record, that is, (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively to recount, that is, celebrate.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
when he writeth up 3789
{3789} Prime
כָּתַב
kathab
{kaw-thab'}
A primitive root; to grave; by implication to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe).
z8800
<8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 4888
the people, 5971
{5971} Prime
עַם
`am
{am}
From H6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock.
[that] this x2088
(2088) Complement
זֶה
zeh
{zeh}
A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.
[man] was born 3205
{3205} Prime
יָלַד
yalad
{yaw-lad'}
A primitive root; to bear young; causatively to beget; medically to act as midwife; specifically to show lineage.
z8795
<8795> Grammar
Stem - Pual (See H8849)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 199
there. x8033
(8033) Complement
שָׁם
sham
{shawm}
A primitive particle (rather from the relative H0834); there (transfered to time) then; often thither, or thence.
Selà סֶלָה. 5542
{5542} Prime
סֶלָה
celah
{seh'-law}
From H5541; suspension (of music), that is, pause.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 87:6

_ _ The same idea is set forth under the figure of a register made by God (compare Isaiah 4:3).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 87:4-7.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 87:6

When — When God, the maker and governor of this city shall take a survey of all his citizens. It is an allusion to princes or governors of cities that use to write and keep a register of all their people.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 87:6

The LORD shall count, when he (f) writeth up the people, [that] this [man] was born there. Selah.

(f) When he calls them by his word into the Church, whom he had elected and written in the book.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
when:

Psalms 22:30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
Isaiah 4:3 And it shall come to pass, [that he that is] left in Zion, and [he that] remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, [even] every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:
Ezekiel 9:4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
Ezekiel 13:9 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I [am] the Lord GOD.
Luke 10:20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Philippians 4:3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and [with] other my fellowlabourers, whose names [are] in the book of life.
Revelation 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

this man:

Jeremiah 3:19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
Galatians 4:26-31 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. ... So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
Revelation 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Ps 22:30. Is 4:3. Jr 3:19. Ezk 9:4; 13:9. Lk 10:20. Ga 4:26. Php 4:3. Rv 13:8; 20:15.

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