God’s Enemies Are Scattered
Psalms 68:25
In 11 translations
- BSB
- The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
- KJV
- The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
- WEB
- The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, among the ladies playing with tambourines,
- ASV
- The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.
- LSV
- Singers have been before, || Behind [are] players on instruments, || Virgins playing with timbrels in the midst.
- YLT
- Singers have been before, Behind [are] players on instruments, In the midst virgins playing with timbrels.
- DBY
- The singers went before, the players on stringed instruments after, in the midst of maidens playing on tabrets.
- DRC67:26
- Princes went before joined with singers, in the midst of young damsels playing on timbrels.
- GNV
- The singers went before, the players of instruments after: in the middes were the maides playing with timbrels.
- JPS68:26
- The singers go before, the minstrels follow after, in the midst of damsels playing upon timbrels.
- LXXE67:26
- The princes went first, next before the players on instruments, in the midst of damsels playing on timbrels.
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Where the editions differ
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- the scribal traditions (Masora / Sopherim) reads וְאַחַ֣ר (“and [were] behind”); Leningrad Codex reads אַחַ֣ר (“[were] behind”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC68:26
- קִדְּמ֣וּ שָׁ֭רִים אַחַ֣ר נֹגְנִ֑ים בְּת֥וֹךְ עֲ֝לָמ֗וֹת תּוֹפֵפֽוֹת׃KJV:Ps.68.25
- LXX-Br67:26
- Προέφθασαν ἄρχοντες ἐχόμενοι ψαλλόντων, ἐν μέσῳ νεανίδων τυμπανιστριῶν.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Chronicles 13:8David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
- Judges 11:34And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
- Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
- Revelation 14:2–3And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps. And they sang a new song before the throne and before the…
- Revelation 15:2–3And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, beside which stood those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name. They were holding harps from God, and they sang the song of God’s…
- 1 Samuel 18:6As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other…
- Psalms 87:7Singers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.”
- Jeremiah 31:13Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.
- Jeremiah 31:4Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
- Psalms 150:3–5Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre. Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute. Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals.
- Psalms 148:12–13young men and maidens, old and young together. Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 68:26 in some Bibles
- 68:25 in most Bibles