Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;
New American Standard Bible
“I will exult, I will portion out
King James Version
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
Holman Bible
“I will triumph! I will divide up Shechem.
I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.
International Standard Version
Then God spoke in his holiness, "I will rejoice I will divide Shechem; I will portion out the Succoth Valley.
A Conservative Version
God has spoken in his holiness: I will exult, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
American Standard Version
God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
Amplified
God has spoken in His holiness [in His promises]:
“I will rejoice, I will divide [the land of] Shechem and measure out the Valley of Succoth [west to east].
Darby Translation
God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
Julia Smith Translation
God spake in his holy place; I will rejoice, I will divide the shoulder, and I will measure the valley of booths.
King James 2000
God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
God has spoken in his holiness, "I will rejoice; I will divide up Shechem, and portion out the valley of Succoth.
Modern King James verseion
God has spoken in His holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem and measure out the valley of Succoth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
God hath spoken in his holiness: I will rejoice, and divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
NET Bible
God has spoken in his sanctuary: "I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem; the Valley of Succoth I will measure off.
New Heart English Bible
God has spoken from his sanctuary: "I will triumph. I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
The Emphasized Bible
God, hath spoken in his holiness - I will exult! I will apportion Shechem, And, the Vale of Succoth, will I measure out;
Webster
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
World English Bible
God has spoken from his sanctuary: "I will triumph. I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
Youngs Literal Translation
God hath spoken in His holiness: I exult -- I apportion Shechem, And the valley of Succoth I measure,
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 60:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer In Difficult Times
5 God has said in his holy place, I will be glad: I will make a division of Shechem, and the valley of Succoth will be measured out. 6 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver; 7 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I put out my shoe; over Philistia will a glad cry be sounded.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 12:6
And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land.
Joshua 13:27
And in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon, king of Heshbon, having Jordan for its limit, to the end of the sea of Chinnereth on the east side of Jordan.
Psalm 89:35
I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.
Joshua 1:6
Take heart and be strong; for you will give to this people for their heritage the land which I gave by an oath to their fathers.
Amos 4:2
The Lord God has taken an oath by his holy name, that the days are coming when they will take you away with hooks, and the rest of you with fish-hooks.
Genesis 33:17-18
And Jacob went on to Succoth, where he made a house for himself and put up tents for his cattle: for this reason the place was named Succoth.
Joshua 17:7
And the limit of Manasseh's land was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem; the line goes on to the right hand, to the people of En-tappuah.
Joshua 20:7
So they made selection of Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.
Joshua 24:1
Then Joshua got all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem; and he sent for the responsible men of Israel and their chiefs and their judges and their overseers; and they took their place before God.
Joshua 24:32
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had taken up from Egypt, they put in the earth in Shechem, in the property which Jacob had got from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred shekels: and they became the heritage of the children of Joseph.
2 Samuel 2:8-9
Now Abner, the son of Ner, captain of Saul's army, had taken Saul's son Ish-bosheth over to Mahanaim,
2 Samuel 3:18
For the Lord has said of David, By the hand of my servant David I will make my people Israel safe from the Philistines, and from all who are against them.
2 Samuel 5:1-3
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.
2 Samuel 7:18-20
Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?
Psalm 56:4
In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.
Psalm 89:19
Then your voice came to your holy one in a vision, saying, I have put the crown on a strong one, lifting up one taken from among the people.
Psalm 119:162
I am delighted by your saying, like a man who makes discovery of great wealth.
Jeremiah 23:9
About the prophets. My heart is broken in me, all my bones are shaking; I am like a man full of strong drink, like a man overcome by wine; because of the Lord, and because of his holy words.
Luke 1:45-47
Happy will she be who had faith that the things which the Lord has said to her will be done.