Psalms 68:25
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
Psalms 68:25 in other translations
| BSB | The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines. |
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| WEB | The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, among the ladies playing with tambourines, |
| ASV | The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels. |
| YLT | Singers have been before, Behind are players on instruments, In the midst virgins playing with timbrels. |
| DARBY | The singers went before, the players on stringed instruments after, in the midst of maidens playing on tabrets. |
| BBE | The makers of songs go before, the players of music come after, among the young girls playing on brass instruments. |
| Webster | The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels. |
What does Psalms 68:25 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 68:24-27
24-27. The triumphal procession, after the deliverance, is depicted. They have seen--impersonally, "There have been seen." the goings of my God--as leading the procession; the ark, the symbol of His presence, being in front. The various bands of music (Psa 68:25) follow, and all who are--
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 68:22-28
The victories with which God blessed David over the enemies of Israel, are types of Christ's victory, for himself and for all believers. Those who take him for theirs, may see him acting as their God, as their King, for their good, and in answer to their prayers; especially in and by his word and ordinances. The kingdom of the Messiah shall be submitted to by all the rulers and learned in the world. The people seem…
Psalms 68:25 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 68:25
- 1 Chronicles 13:8
And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
- Judges 11:34
And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
- Exodus 15:20
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
- Revelation 14:2-3
And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
- Revelation 15:2-3
And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
- 1 Samuel 18:6
And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.
- Psalms 87:7
As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.
- Jeremiah 31:13
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
- Psalms 150:3-5
Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
- Psalms 148:12-13
Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
- Jeremiah 31:4
Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
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Context
- Psalms 68:24
They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
- Psalms 68:25
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
- Psalms 68:26
Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
Psalms 68:25 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Los cantores iban delante, los tañedores detrás; en medio, las doncellas con adufes. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ils ont vu ta marche, ô Dieu! la marche de mon ✶Dieu, de mon roi, dans le lieu saint: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Voran gingen Sänger, danach Saitenspieler, inmitten tamburinschlagender Jungfrauen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Effunde super eos iram tuam, et furor iræ tuæ comprehendat eos. |