Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

When you lie down among the sheepfolds,
You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver,
And its pinions with glistening gold.

King James Version

Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

Holman Bible

While you lie among the sheepfolds,
the wings of a dove are covered with silver,
and its feathers with glistening gold.

International Standard Version

When you men lie down among the sheepfolds, you are like the wings of the dove covered with silver, with its feathers in glittering gold."

A Conservative Version

Though ye lay between two boundaries, [it is as] the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her pinions with yellow gold.

American Standard Version

When ye lie among the sheepfolds, It is as the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.

Amplified


When you lie down [to rest] among the sheepfolds,
You [Israel] are like the wings of a dove [of victory] overlaid with silver,
Its feathers glistening with gold [trophies taken from the enemy].

Bible in Basic English

Will you take your rest among the flocks? like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and its feathers with yellow gold.

Darby Translation

Though ye have lain among the sheepfolds, ye shall be as wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with green gold.

Julia Smith Translation

If ye shall lie down within the stalls, the wings of the dove being covered with silver, and her wing feathers with yellowness of gold.

King James 2000

Though you have slept among the sheepfolds, yet shall you be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Though you [men] lie down between the sheepfolds, [you will be like the] wings of a dove covered in silver and its pinions in yellow gold."

Modern King James verseion

When you lie among the sheepfolds, the wings of a dove are covered with silver, and its pinions with the shimmer of gold.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Though ye have lain among the sheep-folds, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove that is covered with silver wings, and her feathers like gold.

NET Bible

When you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver and with glittering gold.

New Heart English Bible

while you sleep among the campfires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold.

The Emphasized Bible

Though ye rest between the folds, The wings of the dove, shall be covered with silver, And, her pinions, with green-shimmering gold.

Webster

Though ye have lain among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

World English Bible

while you sleep among the campfires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold.

Youngs Literal Translation

Though ye do lie between two boundaries, Wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.

References

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Easton

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Context Readings

God's Majestic Power

12 Kings of armies fled apace, and she that dwells in the house divided the spoil. 13 When you lie down among the sheepfolds,
You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver,
And its pinions with glistening gold.
14 When the Almighty scattered the kings that were in her, she became white as the snow in Salmon.


Cross References

Genesis 49:14

Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens;

Exodus 1:14

and they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, making mortar and brick and in all manner of service in the field; all their service, in which they made them serve, was with rigor.

Judges 5:16

Why didst thou abide among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? From the divisions of Reuben great are the searchings of the heart.

1 Kings 4:20-21

Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.

Psalm 74:19

O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the beasts; forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

Psalm 81:6

I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were delivered from working with clay.

Psalm 105:37

And he brought them forth with silver and gold, and there was not one sick person among their tribes.

Psalm 149:4

For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he will beautify the humble with saving health.

Ezekiel 16:6-14

I passed by thee and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, and I said unto thee, In thy blood thou shalt live; yea, I said unto thee, In thy blood thou shalt live.

Luke 15:16

And he longed to fill his belly with the husks that the swine ate, but no one gave them unto him.

Luke 15:22

But the father said to his slaves, Bring forth the best robe and put it on him and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Know ye not that the unjust shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminate nor homosexuals

1 Corinthians 12:2

Ye know that when ye were Gentiles, ye went, even as ye were led, unto the dumb idols.

Ephesians 2:1-3

And he has made you alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,

Ephesians 5:26-27

that he might sanctify and cleanse her in the washing of water by the word,

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves also were foolish in another time, rebellious, deceived, serving diverse lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

Revelation 1:5-6

and from Jesus, the Christ, who is the faithful witness and the first begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins with his own blood

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