Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my lawgiver.
New American Standard Bible
Ephraim also is the
King James Version
Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
Holman Bible
and Ephraim is My helmet;
Judah is My scepter.
International Standard Version
Gilead and Manasseh belong to me, while Ephraim is my chief stronghold and Judah is my scepter.
A Conservative Version
Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is the defense of my head. Judah is my scepter.
American Standard Version
Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.
Amplified
“Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine;
Ephraim also is the helmet of My head [My stronghold, My defense];
Judah is My
Darby Translation
Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;
Julia Smith Translation
To me Gilead; to me Manasseh; and Ephraim, the fortress of my head, and Judah my judge.
King James 2000
Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the helmet of my head; Judah is my lawgiver;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Gilead [is] mine. Manasseh [is] mine. And Ephraim [is] the {helmet for} my head. Judah [is] my scepter;
Modern King James verseion
Gilead is Mine; Manasseh is Mine and Ephraim is the strength of My head; Judah is My lawgiver;
NET Bible
Gilead belongs to me, as does Manasseh! Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my royal scepter.
New Heart English Bible
Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is my helmet. Judah is my scepter.
The Emphasized Bible
Mine, is Gilead - mine, Manasseh, but, Ephraim, is the defence of my head, Judah, is my commander's staff;
Webster
Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of my head; Judah is my lawgiver;
World English Bible
Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is my helmet. Judah is my scepter.
Youngs Literal Translation
Mine is Gilead, mine is Manasseh, And Ephraim is the strength of my head, Judah is my lawgiver,
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 108:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Victory
7 God hath spoken in his sanctuary, "I will rejoice therefore, and divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. 8 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my lawgiver. 9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I stretch out my shoe; upon Philistia will I triumph."
Cross References
Genesis 49:10
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a ruler from between his legs, until Shiloh come, unto whom the people shall hearken.
Deuteronomy 33:17
His beauty is as a firstborn ox and his horns as the horns of an unicorn. And with them he shall push the nations together, even unto the ends of the world. These are the many thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh."
Joshua 13:8-11
For the other half, with the Reubenites and the Gadites, have received their inheritance already which Moses gave them beyond Jordan eastward: even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them:
1 Samuel 28:4
And the Philistines gathered together and came and pitched in Shunem. And Saul and all Israel gathered together and pitched in Gilboa.
2 Samuel 2:8
But Abner the son of Ner that was captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul and brought him to Mahanaim;
2 Samuel 5:5
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
Psalm 122:5
For there is the seat of judgment, even the seat of the house of David.