Psalms 68:18

What does Psalms 68:18 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 68:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led away captives; Thou hast received gifts among men, Yea, among the rebellious also, that Jehovah God might dwell with them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led away captives; Thou hast received gifts among men, Yea, among the rebellious also, that Jehovah God might dwell with them.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

You have gone up on high, taking your prisoners with you; you have taken offerings from men; the Lord God has taken his place on the seat of his power.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast taken captive captivity, Thou hast taken gifts for men, That even the refractory may rest, O Jah God.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And turn not away thy face from thy servant: for I am in trouble, hear me speedily.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts in Man, and even [for] the rebellious, for the dwelling [there] of Jah Elohim.

Context

v.17The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands: The Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the sanctuary.

v.18This passage

v.19Blessed be the Lord, who daily beareth our burden, Even the God who is our salvation. [Selah

Cross references

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

  • John 16:13

    Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.

  • Psalms 47:5

    God is gone up with a shout, Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet.

  • Psalms 78:60

    So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;

  • Isaiah 57:15

    For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

  • Acts 2:4

    And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

  • Colossians 2:9

    for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

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