Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Kings of armies fled away; and she who stayed at home divided the plunder.
New American Standard Bible
And she who remains at home will
King James Version
Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
Holman Bible
She who stays at home divides the spoil.
International Standard Version
"Kings of armies retreat and flee, while the lady of the house divides the spoil.
A Conservative Version
Kings of armies fled quickly, and she who remained at home divided the spoil.
American Standard Version
Kings of armies flee, they flee; And she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.
Amplified
“The kings of the [enemies’] armies flee, they flee,
And the beautiful woman who remains at home divides the spoil [left behind].”
Bible in Basic English
Kings of armies quickly go in flight: and the women in the houses make a division of their goods.
Darby Translation
Kings of armies flee; they flee, and she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.
Julia Smith Translation
Kings of armies will flee away, they will flee away, and she resting in the house will divide the spoil
King James 2000
Kings of armies did flee in haste: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"[The] kings of armies flee, they flee, and she [who] remains at home divides [the] spoil.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Kings with their armies did flee, and were discomfited; and they of the household divided the spoil.
NET Bible
Kings leading armies run away -- they run away! The lovely lady of the house divides up the loot.
New Heart English Bible
"Kings of armies flee. They flee." She who waits at home divides the spoil,
The Emphasized Bible
Kings of armies, they flee! they flee! And, she that stayeth at home, shall share the spoil.
Webster
Kings of armies fled apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
World English Bible
"Kings of armies flee! They flee!" She who waits at home divides the spoil,
Youngs Literal Translation
Kings of hosts flee utterly away, And a female inhabitant of the house apportioneth spoil.
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 68:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Majestic Power
11 The Lord gave the Word; the bearers of it were a great army. 12 Kings of armies fled away; and she who stayed at home divided the plunder. 13 When you lie among the sheepfolds, the wings of a dove are covered with silver, and its pinions with the shimmer of gold.
Phrases
Cross References
Joshua 10:16
But these five kings fled and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.
Judges 5:19
Kings came and fought. Then the kings of Canaan fought in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no gain of silver.
Joshua 12:7-24
And these are the kings of the land which Joshua and the sons of Israel struck on this side Jordan, on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even to the mount Halak that goes up to Seir, which Joshua gave to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
1 Samuel 30:24
For who will listen to you in this matter? But as his part is that goes down to the battle, so shall be his part that stays by the stuff. They shall divide alike.
Exodus 14:25
And He took off their chariot wheels, and made them go heavily, so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel, for Jehovah fights for them against the Egyptians.
Numbers 31:8-9
And they killed the kings of Midian, besides the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
Numbers 31:27
And divide the prey into two parts: between those skilled in the battle, who went out to war, and between all the congregation.
Numbers 31:54
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the sons of Israel before Jehovah.
Joshua 10:42
And Joshua took all these kings and their land at one time, because Jehovah, the God of Israel fought for Israel.
Judges 5:30
Do they not find and divide the spoil? A womb, two wombs to a man's head, to Sisera a prize of dyed garments, a prize of embroidered dyed garments for the necks of those that take the spoil.
Revelation 6:15
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains.
Revelation 19:17-20
And I saw one angel standing in the sun. And he cried with a great voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, Come and gather together to the supper of the great God,