Psalms 60:7

What does Psalms 60:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 60:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Mine <FI>is<Fi> Gilead, and mine <FI>is<Fi> Manasseh, And Ephraim <FI>is<Fi> the strength of my head, Judah <FI>is<Fi> my lawgiver,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years even to generation and generation.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

Context

v.6God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

v.7This passage

v.8Moab is my washpot; Upon Edom will I cast my shoe: Philistia, shout thou because of me.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Chronicles 12:37

    And on the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, a hundred and twenty thousand.

  • 1 Chronicles 12:19

    Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not; for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall away to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.

  • 1 Samuel 28:2

    And David said to Achish, Therefore thou shalt know what thy servant will do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of my head for ever.

  • Deuteronomy 33:17

    The firstling of his herd, majesty is his; And his horns are the horns of the wild-ox: With them he shall push the peoples all of them, eventhe ends of the earth: And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Manasseh.

  • Joshua 17:5

    And there fell ten parts to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan;

  • Joshua 13:31

    and half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even for the half of the children of Machir according to their families.

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