Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

Psalms 132:6

NETBible	Look, we heard about it¹ in Ephrathah,² we found it in the territory of Jaar.³
NIV © biblegateway Psa 132:6	We heard it in Ephrathah, we came upon it in the fields of Jaar:
NASB © biblegateway Psa 132:6	Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah, We found it in the field of Jaar.
NLT © biblegateway Psa 132:6	We heard that the Ark was in Ephrathah; then we found it in the distant countryside of Jaar.
MSG © biblegateway Psa 132:6	Remember how we got the news in Ephrathah, learned all about it at Jaar Meadows?
BBE © SABDAweb Psa 132:6	We had news of it at Ephrathah: we came to it in the fields of the wood.
NRSV © bibleoremus Psa 132:6	We heard of it in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.
NKJV © biblegateway Psa 132:6	Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah; We found it in the fields of the woods.
[+] More English


KJV	Lo, we heard <08085> (8804) of it at Ephratah <0672>_: we found <04672> (8804) it in the fields <07704> of the wood <03293>_.
NASB © biblegateway Psa 132:6	Behold <02009> , we heard <08085> of it in Ephrathah <0672> , We found <04672> it in the field <07704> of Jaar <03293> .
LXXM	(131:6) idou <2400> INJ hkousamen <191> V-AAI-1P authn <846> P-ASF en <1722> PREP efraya {N-PRI} euromen <2147> V-AAI-1P authn <846> P-ASF en <1722> PREP toiv <3588> T-DPN pedioiv {N-DPN} tou <3588> T-GSM drumou {N-GSM}
NET [draft] ITL	Look <02009> , we heard <08085> about it in Ephrathah <0672> , we found <04672> it in the territory <07704> of Jaar <03293> .
HEBREW	rey <03293> ydvb <07704> hwnaum <04672> htrpab <0672> hwnems <08085> hnh (132:6) <02009>

NETBible

Look, we heard about it¹ in Ephrathah,² we found it in the territory of Jaar.³

NET Notes

¹tn Rather than having an antecedent, the third feminine singular pronominal suffix here (and in the next line) appears to refer to the ark of the covenant, mentioned in v. 8. (The Hebrew term אָרוֹן [’aron, “ark”] is sometimes construed as grammatically feminine. See 1 Sam 4:17; 2 Chr 8:11.)

²sn Some understand Ephrathah as a reference to Kiriath-jearim because of the apparent allusion to this site in the next line (see the note on “Jaar”). The ark was kept in Kiriath-jearim after the Philistines released it (see 1 Sam 6:21-7:2). However, the switch in verbs from “heard about” to “found” suggests that Ephrathah not be equated with Jair. The group who is speaking heard about the ark while they were in Ephrath. They then went to retrieve it from Kiriath-jearim (“Jaar”). It is more likely that Ephrathah refers to a site near Bethel (Gen 35:16, 19; 48:7) or to Bethlehem (Ruth 4:11; Mic 5:2).

³tn Heb “fields of the forest.” The Hebrew term יָעַר (ya’ad, “forest”) is apparently a shortened alternative name for קִרְיַת יְעָרִים (qiryat yÿ’arim, “Kiriath-jearim”), the place where the ark was kept after it was released by the Philistines and from which David and his men retrieved it (see 1 Chr 13:6).