# Psalms 24.8

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 6. This is the generation of them that seek after him, That seek thy face, even Jacob. Selah 7. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; And be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors: And the King of glory will come in.
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> **8. Who is the King of glory? Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in battle.**
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> 9. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; Yea, lift them up, ye everlasting doors: And the King of glory will come in. 10. Who is this King of glory? Jehovah of hosts, He is the King of glory. [[Selah (Psalms 24:6-10, ASV)

**WEB** ([[WEB)
> 6. This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek your face, even Jacob. <i>Selah.</i> 7. Lift up your heads, you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.
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> **8. Who is the King of glory? Yahweh strong and mighty, Yahweh mighty in battle.**
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> 9. Lift up your heads, you gates; yes, lift them up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in. 10. Who is this King of glory? Yahweh of Armies is the King of glory! <i>Selah.</i> (Psalms 24:6-10, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 6. This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. <sup>O Jacob: or, O God of Jacob</sup> 7. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
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> **8. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.**
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> 9. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 10. Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah. (Psalms 24:6-10, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 6. This [is] a generation of those seeking Him. Seeking Thy face, O Jacob! Selah. 7. Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory!
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> **8. Who [is] this, 'the king of glory?' Jehovah, strong and mighty, Jehovah, the mighty in battle.**
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> 9. Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory! 10. Who [is] He, this 'king of glory?' Jehovah of hosts, He [is] the king of glory! Selah. (Psalms 24:6-10, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** various (David majority; Asaph, Korah, Moses, Solomon, anonymous)
- **Audience:** worshipping Israel (corporate + individual devotion)
- **Location:** Israel, various periods
- **Time period:** composition spans c. 1400 BC (Moses, Ps 90), c. 400 BC; principal Davidic composition c. 1000 BC

## Theological reading

## Key words

- [H3068 - YHWH](/codex/h3068-yhwh/), *YHWH* (Strong's H3068). Also appears in: [Genesis 2.4](/codex/genesis-2-4/), [Genesis 2.7](/codex/genesis-2-7/), [Genesis 2.16-17](/codex/genesis-2-16-17/).
- [H3519 - kavod](/codex/h3519-kavod/), *kavod* (Strong's H3519). Also appears in: [Exodus 33.18](/codex/exodus-33-18/), [Exodus 33.22-23](/codex/exodus-33-22-23/), [Psalms 8.5](/codex/psalms-8-5/).

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.