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Victory with God

Psalms 60:6

In 11 translations

BSB
God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.Or in His holiness
KJV
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
WEB
God has spoken from his sanctuary: “I will triumph. I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
ASV
God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
LSV
God has spoken in His holiness: I exult—I apportion Shechem, || And I measure the Valley of Succoth,
YLT
God hath spoken in His holiness: I exult — I apportion Shechem, And the valley of Succoth I measure,
DBY
God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.Elohim
DRC59:8
God hath spoken in his holy place: I will rejoice, and I will divide Sichem; and will mete out the vale of tabernacles.
GNV
God hath spoken in his holines: therefore I will reioyce: I shall deuide Shechem, and measure the valley of Succoth.
JPS60:8
God spoke in His holiness, that I would exult; that I would divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
LXXE59:8
God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, and divide Sicima, and measure out the valley of tents.

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Original-language editions

WLC60:8
אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ דִּבֶּ֥ר בְּקָדְשׁ֗וֹ אֶ֫עְלֹ֥זָה אֲחַלְּקָ֥ה שְׁכֶ֑ם וְעֵ֖מֶק סֻכּ֣וֹת אֲמַדֵּֽד׃KJV:Ps.60.6
LXX-Br59:8
Ὁ Θεὸς ἐλάλησεν ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ αὐτοῦ, ἀγαλλιάσομαι καὶ διαμεριῶ Σίκιμα, καὶ τὴν κοιλάδα τῶν σκηνῶν διαμετρήσω.

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  • Joshua 13:27and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth).
  • Psalms 89:35Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—
  • Genesis 12:6Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.
  • 2 Samuel 7:18–20Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far? And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken…
  • Amos 4:2The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
  • Psalms 108:7–13God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth. Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter. Moab is My washbasin;…
  • Psalms 56:4In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
  • Joshua 17:7Now the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem, then southward to include the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
  • Psalms 119:162I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.
  • 2 Samuel 3:18Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’”
  • Joshua 1:6Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.
  • 2 Samuel 2:8–9Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim, and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.
  • 2 Samuel 5:1–3Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood. Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to…
  • Joshua 20:7So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
  • Psalms 89:19You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
  • Luke 1:45–47Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.” Then Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!

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  • 60:8 in some Bibles
  • 60:6 in most Bibles

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