Psalms 68:25

“The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations

The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; amongst them were the damosels playing with timbrels.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

The singers went on, the musicians after {them,} In the midst of the maidens beating tambourines.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.
- American Standard Version (1901)

The makers of songs go before, the players of music come after, among the young girls playing on brass instruments.
- Basic English Bible

The singers went before, the players on stringed instruments after, in the midst of maidens playing on tabrets.
- Darby Bible

The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
- Webster's Bible

The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, in the midst of the ladies playing with tambourines,
- World English Bible

Singers have been before, Behind [are] players on instruments, In the midst virgins playing with timbrels.
- Youngs Literal Bible

(68:26) The singers go before, the minstrels follow after, in the midst of damsels playing upon timbrels.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Bible commentary

Wesley's Notes for Psalms 68:25


68:23 That, &c. - And as it was at the Red Sea, and at Bashan before, so yet again thine enemies shall be slain in such numbers, that thou mayst wade in their blood, and thy dogs lick it up in the field.

68:24 They - Men saw and observed it. Goings - The procession of the ark to Zion, the solemnity whereof is particularly described in the following verses. The sanctuary - The tabernacle prepared for it.

68:26 Fountain - All ye people of Israel.

68:27 There is - Present in this solemn pomp of carrying the ark to Zion. Little - Called little, because it was exceedingly diminished, and almost extinguished under the Judges, #Judg 20:35 21:3 |&c. Ruler - The tribe which had lately swayed the scepter, but now submitted to David. Company - The people of that tribe who waited upon them. Zebulun, &c. - He mentions these tribes, because they lived in the remotest parts of the land of Canaan. And so by naming two of the nearest tribes, and two of the farthest, he intimates that the other tribes also came upon this occasion, as is manifest from #2Sam 6:15 |- 19.


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