Psalms 68:25
What does Psalms 68:25 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 68:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The makers of songs go before, the players of music come after, among the young girls playing on brass instruments.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Singers have been before, Behind <FI>are<Fi> players on instruments, In the midst virgins playing with timbrels.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Pour out thy indignation upon them: and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The singers went before, the players on stringed instruments after, in the midst of maidens playing on tabrets.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 150:3
Praise him with trumpet sound: Praise him with psaltery and harp.
- Jeremiah 31:13
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
- 1 Chronicles 13:8
And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
- Psalms 148:12
Both young men and virgins; Old men and children:
- Psalms 87:7
They that sing as well as they that dance shall say, All my fountains are in thee.
- Jeremiah 31:4
Again will I build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: again shalt thou be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
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