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God’s Enemies Are Scattered

Psalms 68:13

In 11 translations

BSB
Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.”
KJV
Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
WEB
while you sleep among the camp fires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold.
ASV
When ye lie among the sheepfolds, It is as the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.
LSV
Though you lie between two boundaries, || Wings of a dove covered with silver, || And her pinions with yellow gold.
YLT
Though ye do lie between two boundaries, Wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.
DBY
Though ye have lain among the sheepfolds, [ye shall be as] wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with green gold.
DRC67:14
If you sleep among the midst of lots, you shall be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and the hinder parts of her back with the paleness of gold.
GNV
Though ye haue lien among pots, yet shall ye be as the winges of a doue that is couered with siluer, and whose fethers are like yelowe golde.
JPS68:14
When ye lie among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her pinions with the shimmer of gold.
LXXE67:14
Even if ye should lie among the lots, ye shall have the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her breast with yellow gold.Lit. greenness of gold.

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Original-language editions

WLC68:14
אִֽם־תִּשְׁכְּבוּן֮ בֵּ֪ין שְׁפַ֫תָּ֥יִם כַּנְפֵ֣י י֭וֹנָה נֶחְפָּ֣ה בַכֶּ֑סֶף וְ֝אֶבְרוֹתֶ֗יהָ בִּֽירַקְרַ֥ק חָרֽוּץ׃KJV:Ps.68.13
LXX-Br67:14
Ἐὰν κοιμηθῆτε ἀναμέσον τῶν κλήρων, πτέρυγες περιστερᾶς περιηργυρωμέναι, καὶ τὰ μετάφρενα αὐτῆς ἐν χλωρότητι χρυσίου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 105:37He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.
  • Genesis 49:14Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.
  • Ephesians 2:1–3And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.…
  • Titus 3:3For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
  • Judges 5:16Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
  • Revelation 1:5–6and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, who has made us to be a kingdom,…
  • 1 Corinthians 6:9–11Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, nor thieves, nor…
  • 1 Kings 4:20–21The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing. And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines,…
  • Psalms 149:4For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.
  • Exodus 1:14and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
  • Luke 15:22But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
  • Ezekiel 16:6–14Then I passed by and saw you wallowing in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, ‘Live!’ There I said to you, ‘Live!’ I made you thrive like a plant of the field. You grew up and matured and…
  • Psalms 81:6“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
  • Luke 15:16He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.
  • Psalms 74:19Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.
  • Ephesians 5:26–27to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 68:14 in some Bibles
  • 68:13 in most Bibles

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