Psalms 68:15

What does Psalms 68:15 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 68:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A high mountain is the mountain of Bashan.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A high mountain is the mountain of Bashan.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

A hill of God is the hill of Bashan; a hill with high tops is the hill of Bashan.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

A hill of God <FI>is<Fi> the hill of Bashan, A hill of heights <FI>is<Fi> the hill of Bashan.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

[As] mount Bashan is the mount ofGod, a many-peaked mountain, [as] mount Bashan.

Context

v.14When the Almighty scattered kings therein, It was as whenit snoweth in Zalmon.

v.15This passage

v.16Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell in it for ever.

Cross references

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

  • Deuteronomy 3:10

    all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

  • Psalms 2:6

    Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.

  • Micah 7:14

    Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy heritage, which dwell solitarily, in the forest in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

  • Isaiah 2:2

    And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

  • Psalms 87:1

    His foundation is in the holy mountains.

  • Psalms 78:68

    But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.

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