King James Version

Psalms 87:5

And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.

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וּֽלֲצִיּ֨וֹןulatsionand to Zionצִיּוֹןconjunction, preposition, noun, proper name — “and to Zion”H6726Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of JerusalemZion.יֵאָמַ֗רyeamarsayאָמַרverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “say”, an unfinished actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…אִ֣ישׁisha certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…וְ֭אִישׁveishand a certainאִישׁconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…יֻלַּדyuladbearיָלַדverb, pual, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, a completed actionH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…בָּ֑הּbahinבָּ֑הּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “in”inוְה֖וּאvehuand as for herהוּאconjunction, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.יְכוֹנְנֶ֣הָyekhonenehabe fittedכּוּןverb, polel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be fitted”, an unfinished actionH3559properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth…עֶלְיֽוֹןelyonhighעֶלְיוֹןadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “high”, the ordinary formH5945an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme(Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

But of Zion it shall be said: 'This man and that was born in her; and the Most High Himself doth establish her.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Yea, of Zion it shall be said, This one and that one was born in her; And the Most High himself will establish her.

Young’s Literal Translation

And of Zion it is said: Each one was born in her, And He, the Most High, doth establish her.

World English Bible

Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her;” the Most High himself will establish her.

Darby Translation

And of Zion it shall be said, This one and that one was born in her; and the Most High himself shall establish her.

Douay-Rheims

I am counted among them that go down to the pit: I am become as a man without help,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

But of Zion it shall be said: 'This man and that was born in her; and the Most High Himself doth establish her.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

A man shall say, Sion is my mother; and such a man was born in her; and the Highest himself has founded her.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μήτηρ Σιὼν ἐρεῖ ἄνθρωπος, καὶ ἄνθρωπος ἐγενήθη ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐθεμελίωσεν αὐτὴν ὁ ὕψιστος.