Psalms 68 · Verse 15

Psalms 68:15

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

Psalms 68:15, King James Version

Psalms 68:15 in other translations

BSB	A mountain of God is Mount Bashan; a mountain of many peaks is Mount Bashan.
WEB	The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains. The mountains of Bashan are rugged.
ASV	A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A high mountain is the mountain of Bashan.
YLT	A hill of God is the hill of Bashan, A hill of heights is the hill of Bashan.
DARBY	As mount Bashan is the mount of God, a many-peaked mountain, as mount Bashan.
BBE	A hill of God is the hill of Bashan; a hill with high tops is the hill of Bashan.
Webster	The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; a high hill as the hill of Bashan.

What does Psalms 68:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 68:15-16

15-16. Mountains are often symbols of nations (Psa 46:2; 65:6). That of Bashan, northeast of Palestine, denotes a heathen nation, which is described as a "hill of God," or a great hill. Such are represented as envious of the hill (Zion) on which God resides;

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan - This and the following verse should be read thus: "Is Mount Bashan the craggy mount, Mount Bashan, the mount of God? Why envy ye, ye craggy mounts? This is the mount of God in which he has desired to dwell." The Targum countenances this translation: Mount Moriah, the place where our fathers of old worshipped God, is chosen to build on it the house of the sanctuary, and Mount Sinai for the giving of the law. Mount Bashan, Mount Tabor, and Carmel are rejected; they are made as Mount Bashan."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 68:15-21

The ascension of Christ must here be meant, and thereto it is applied, Ep 4:8. He received as the purchase of his death, the gifts needful for the conversion of sinners, and the salvation of believers. These he continually bestows, even on rebellious men, that the Lord God might dwell among them, as their Friend and Father. He gave gifts to men. Having received power to give eternal life, the Lord Jesus bestows it on as many as were given him, Joh 17:2. Christ came to a rebellious world, not to condemn it, but that through him it might be saved. The glory of Zion's King is, that he is a Saviour and Benefactor to all his willing people, and a consuming fire to all that persist in rebellion against him. So many, so weighty are the gifts of God's bounty, that he may be truly said to load us with them. He will not put us off with present things for a portion, but will be the God of our salvation. The Lord Jesus has authority and power to rescue his people from the dominion of death, by taking away the sting of it from them when they die, and giving them complete victory over it when they rise again. The crown of the head, the chief pride and glory of the enemy, shall be smitten; Christ shall crush the head of the serpent.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 68:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַר\־har-O mountain ofH2022

אֱ֭לֹהִים'E.lo.HimGodH430

הַר\־har-O mountain ofH2022

בָּשָׁ֑ןba.ShanBashanH1316

הַ֥רharO mountain ofH2022

גַּ֝בְנֻנִּ֗יםgav.nu.NimpeaksH1386

הַר\־har-O mountain ofH2022

בָּשָֽׁן\׃ba.ShanBashanH1316

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 68:15

Psalms 87:1-2
A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah. His foundation is in the holy mountains. The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Psalms 2:6
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Psalms 78:68-69
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
Micah 7:14
Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
Deuteronomy 3:10
All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
Isaiah 2:2-3
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

of God.
2:6; 78:68,69; 87:1,2; Isa 2:2,3
of Bashan.
De 3:10; Mic 7:14

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Context

Psalms 68:14
When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.
Psalms 68:15
The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
Psalms 68:16
Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.

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Psalms 68:15 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Monte de Dios es el monte de Basán; monte alto el de Basán.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Quand le Tout-puissant y dispersa des rois, le pays devint blanc comme la neige du Tsalmon.
German Elberfelder 1871	Der Berg Basans ist ein Berg Gottes, ein gipfelreicher Berg ist der Berg Basans.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Eripe me de luto, ut non infigar; libera me ab iis qui oderunt me, et de profundis aquarum.