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Psalms 68:12
12“The kings of the armies flee — they flee!” She who stays at home divides the spoil.
Psalms 68:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
- New International Version (NIV)“Kings and armies flee in haste; the women at home divide the plunder.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee!" The women at home divide the spoil—
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Kings of armies flee, they flee, And she who remains at home divides the spoil.
Context of Psalms 68:12
10Your people settled in it; God, you provided for the poor by your goodness. 11The Lord gave the command; a great company of women brought the good news: “The kings of the armies flee — they flee!” She who stays at home divides the spoil. 13While you lie among the sheep pens, the wings of a dove are covered with silver, and its feathers with glistening gold. 14When the Almighty scattered kings in the land, it snowed on Zalmon.
Read all of Psalms 68Psalms 68:12 word by word
מַלְכֵ֣י צְ֭בָאוֹת יִדֹּד֣וּן יִדֹּד֑וּן וּנְוַת בַּ֝֗יִת תְּחַלֵּ֥ק שָׁלָֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 68:12
- Exodus 14:25He caused their chariot wheels to swerve and made them drive with difficulty. “Let’s get away from Israel,” the Egyptians said, “because the Lord is fighting for them against Egypt!”
- Numbers 31:8Along with the others slain by them, they killed the Midianite kings — Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
- Joshua 10:16Now the five defeated kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah.
- Joshua 12:7Joshua and the Israelites struck down the following kings of the land beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which ascends toward Seir (Joshua gave their land as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their allotments:
- Judges 5:19Kings came and fought. Then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the Waters of Megiddo, but they did not plunder the silver.
- Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and every slave and free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
- Revelation 19:17Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he called out in a loud voice, saying to all the birds flying high overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,
- Numbers 31:27Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to war and the entire community.
- 1 Samuel 30:24Who can agree to your proposal? The share of the one who goes into battle is to be the same as the share of the one who remains with the supplies. They will share equally.”
Commentaries on Psalms 68:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Kings of armies did flee - Rabin and the kings of the Canaanites, who united their forces to overwhelm the Israelites. And she - Deborah the prophetess, a woman accustomed to tarry at home, and take care of the family; she divided the spoils, and vanquished their kings.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Kings of armies did flee apace - Margin, as in Hebrew, did flee, did flee. This is the Hebrew mode of expressing that which is emphatic or superlative. It is by simply repeating the word. The idea is, that they fled speedily; they fled at once, and in alarm. Psalm 68:12-13 are marked by DeWette as a quotation, and the language is supposed by him to be the substance of the song that was sung by the women as referred to in Psalm 68:11. This supposition is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-14Verses 7-14 Fresh mercies should put us in mind of former mercies. If God bring his people into a wilderness, he will be sure to go before them in it, and to bring them out of it. He provided for them, both in the wilderness and in Canaan. The daily manna seems here meant. And it looks to the spiritual provision for God's Israel. The Spirit of grace and the gospel of grace are the plentiful rain, with which God confirms his inheritance, and from which…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-35This prayer for God's victorious rule describes God's journey from Sinai to Zion (Psalm 68:7, 16–18, 24). He saved Israel from Egypt, led them through the wilderness, brought them to the promised land, and established his kingdom. He is a caring and victorious God, whose nature does not change. Therefore, the faithful hope and rejoice in the promise of God's universal rule.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Kings of armies--that is, with their armies. she that ... at home--Mostly women so remained, and the ease of victory appears in that such, without danger, quietly enjoyed the spoils.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 68
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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