Psalm 24:9
New International Version
Lift up your heads, you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.

New Living Translation
Open up, ancient gates! Open up, ancient doors, and let the King of glory enter.

English Standard Version
Lift up your heads, O gates! And lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.

Berean Standard Bible
Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!

King James Bible
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

New King James Version
Lift up your heads, O you gates! Lift up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in.

New American Standard Bible
Lift up your heads, you gates, And lift them up, you ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in!

NASB 1995
Lift up your heads, O gates, And lift them up, O ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in!

NASB 1977
Lift up your heads, O gates, And lift them up, O ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in!

Legacy Standard Bible
Lift up your heads, O gates, And lift yourselves up, O ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in!

Amplified Bible
Lift up your heads, O gates, And lift them up, ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in.

Christian Standard Bible
Lift up your heads, you gates! Rise up, ancient doors! Then the King of glory will come in.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Lift up your heads, you gates! Rise up, ancient doors! Then the King of glory will come in.

American Standard Version
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; Yea, lift them up, ye everlasting doors: And the King of glory will come in.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Lift up your heads, oh, Gates! Be lifted up, oh gates of eternity, that the King of glory may enter!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Lift up your gates, ye princes; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the king of glory shall come in.

Contemporary English Version
Open the ancient gates, so that the glorious king may come in.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: and the King of Glory shall enter in.

English Revised Version
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; yea, lift them up, ye everlasting doors: and the King of glory shall come in.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Lift your heads, you gates. Be lifted, you ancient doors, so that the king of glory may come in.

Good News Translation
Fling wide the gates, open the ancient doors, and the great king will come in.

International Standard Version
Lift up your heads, gates! Be lifted up, ancient doors, so the King of Glory may come in.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Lift up your heads, O ye gates, Yea, lift them up, ye everlasting doors; That the King of glory may come in.

Literal Standard Version
Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O perpetual doors! And the King of Glory comes in!

Majority Standard Bible
Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!

New American Bible
Lift up your heads, O gates; rise up, you ancient portals, that the king of glory may enter.

NET Bible
Look up, you gates! Rise up, you eternal doors! Then the majestic king will enter!

New Revised Standard Version
Lift up your heads, O gates! and be lifted up, O ancient doors! that the King of glory may come in.

New Heart English Bible
Lift up your heads, you gates; lift them up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.

Webster's Bible Translation
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

World English Bible
Lift up your heads, you gates; yes, lift them up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.

Young's Literal Translation
Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory!

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Earth is the LORD's
8Who is this King of Glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. 9Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter! 10Who is He, this King of Glory? The LORD of Hosts—He is the King of Glory. Selah…

Cross References
Psalm 26:8
O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.

Psalm 57:11
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.


Treasury of Scripture

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1. God's Lordship in the world
3. The citizens of his spiritual kingdom
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Verse 9. - Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. A repetition of ver. 7, the first part of the choir reiterating its challenge.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Lift up
שְׂא֤וּ (śə·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

your heads,
רָֽאשֵׁיכֶ֗ם (rā·šê·ḵem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 7218: The head

O gates!
שְׁעָרִ֨ים ׀ (šə·‘ā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8179: An opening, door, gate

Be lifted up,
וּ֭שְׂאוּ (ū·śə·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

O ancient
עוֹלָ֑ם (‘ō·w·lām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always

doors,
פִּתְחֵ֣י (piṯ·ḥê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6607: An opening, door, entrance way

that the King
מֶ֣לֶךְ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4428: A king

of Glory
הַכָּבֽוֹד׃ (hak·kā·ḇō·wḏ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousness

may enter!
וְ֝יָבֹא (wə·yā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go


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