Psalms 68:13

Psalms 68:13 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Even while you sleep among the sheep pens, the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver, its feathers with shining gold.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)though you men lie among the sheepfolds— the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with shimmering gold.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, You will be like the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her feathers with yellow gold.”

Context of Psalms 68:13

11The Lord gives instructions. The women who announce the good news are a large army. 12⌞They say,⌟ “The kings of the armies flee; they run away. The women who remained at home will divide the goods. Though you stayed among the sheep pens, ⌞you will be like⌟ the wings of a dove covered with silver, its feathers with yellow gold. 14Meanwhile, the Almighty was still scattering kings there like snow falling on Mount Zalmon.” 15The mountain of Bashan is the mountain of God. The mountain of Bashan is the mountain with many peaks.

Psalms 68:13 word by word

אִֽם־תִּשְׁכְּבוּן֮ בֵּ֪ין שְׁפַ֫תָּ֥יִם כַּנְפֵ֣י י֭וֹנָה נֶחְפָּ֣ה בַכֶּ֑סֶף וְ֝אֶבְרוֹתֶ֗יהָ בִּֽירַקְרַ֥ק חָרֽוּץ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Though ye have lienשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• among the potsשְׁפַתָּ֑יִםshâphâth · ash heepH8240
• the wingsכָּנָףkânâph · wingH3671
• of a doveיוֹנָהyônâh · doveH3123
• coveredחָפָהchâphâh · to coverH2645
• with silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• and her feathersאֶבְרָה'ebrâh · pinionH84
• with yellowיְרַקְרַקyeraqraq · greenishH3422
• goldחָרוּץchârûts chârûts · goldH2742

Cross-references for Psalms 68:13

• Psalms 81:6“I removed the burden from his shoulder. His hands were freed from the basket.
• Exodus 1:14They made their lives bitter with back-breaking work in mortar and bricks and every kind of work in the fields. All the jobs the Egyptians gave them were brutally hard.
• 1 Corinthians 6:9Don’t you know that wicked people won’t inherit God’s kingdom? Stop deceiving yourselves! People who continue to commit sexual sins, who worship false gods, those who commit adultery, homosexuals,
• 1 Corinthians 12:2You know that when you were unbelievers, every time you were led to worship false gods you were worshiping gods who couldn’t even speak.
• Ephesians 2:1You were once dead because of your failures and sins.
• Psalms 74:19Do not hand over the soul of your dove to wild animals. Do not forget the life of your oppressed people forever.
• Psalms 105:37He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and no one among his tribes stumbled.
• Psalms 149:4because the Lord takes pleasure in his people. He crowns those who are oppressed with victory.
• 1 Kings 4:20The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They ate and drank and lived happily.
• Ezekiel 16:6“ ‘Then I went by you and saw you kicking around in your own blood. I said to you, “Live.”
• Luke 15:16No one in the country would give him any food, and he was so hungry that he would have eaten what the pigs were eating.
• Ephesians 5:26He did this to make the church holy by cleansing it, washing it using water along with spoken words.
• Ephesians 5:27Then he could present it to himself as a glorious church, without any kind of stain or wrinkle—holy and without faults.
• Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the witness, the trustworthy one, the first to come back to life, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. Glory and power forever and ever belong to the one who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

Commentaries on Psalms 68:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Though ye have lien among the pots - The prophet is supposed here to address the tribes of Reuben and Gad, who remained in their inheritances, occupied with agricultural, maritime, and domestic affairs, when the other tribes were obliged to go against Jabin, and the other Canaanitish kings. Ye have been thus occupied, while your brethren sustained a desperate campaign; but while you are inglorious, they obtained the most splendid victory, and dwell under…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Though ye have lien among the pots - There are few passages in the Bible more difficult of interpretation than this verse and the following. Our translators seem to have supposed that the whole refers to the ark, considered as having been neglected, or as having been suffered to remain among the common vessels of the tabernacle, until it became like those vessels in appearance - that is, until its brilliancy had become tarnished by neglect, or by want of…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. 13The people who cared for flocks and moved from place to place were surprised to receive silver and gold ornaments from the battle.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Some translate this, "When ye shall lie between the borders, ye shall," &c., comparing the peaceful rest in the borders or limits of the promised land to the proverbial beauty of a gentle dove. Others understand by the word rendered "pots," the smoked sides of caves, in which the Israelites took refuge from enemies in the times of the judges; or, taking the whole figuratively, the rows of stones on which cooking vessels were hung; and thus that a…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