Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Kings of hosts flee utterly away, And a female inhabitant of the house apportioneth spoil.
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 King James verseion
Kings of armies fled away; and she who stayed at home divided the plunder.
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,
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 68:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Majestic Power
11 The Lord doth give the saying, The female proclaimers are a numerous host. 12 Kings of hosts flee utterly away, And a female inhabitant of the house apportioneth spoil. 13 Though ye do lie between two boundaries, Wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.
Phrases
Cross References
Joshua 10:16
And these five kings flee, and are hidden in a cave at Makkedah,
Judges 5:19
Kings came -- they fought; Then fought kings of Canaan, In Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; Gain of money they took not!
Joshua 12:7-24
And these are kings of the land whom Joshua and the sons of Israel have smitten beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal-Gad, in the valley of Lebanon, and unto the mount of Halak, which is going up to Seir; and Joshua giveth it to the tribes of Israel -- a possession according to their divisions;
1 Samuel 30:24
and who doth hearken to you in this thing? for as the portion of him who was brought down into battle, so also is the portion of him who is abiding by the vessels -- alike they share.'
Exodus 14:25
and turneth aside the wheels of their chariots, and they lead them with difficulty, and the Egyptians say, 'Let us flee from the face of Israel, for Jehovah is fighting for them against the Egyptians.'
Numbers 31:8-9
and the kings of Midian they have slain, besides their pierced ones, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian; and Balaam son of Beor, they have slain with the sword.
Numbers 31:27
and thou hast halved the prey between those handling the battle who go out to the host and all the company;
Numbers 31:54
and Moses taketh -- Eleazar the priest also -- the gold from the heads of the thousands and of the hundreds, and they bring it in unto the tent of meeting -- a memorial for the sons of Israel before Jehovah.
Joshua 10:42
and all these kings and their land hath Joshua captured at one time, for Jehovah, God of Israel, is fighting for Israel.
Judges 5:30
Do they not find? -- they apportion spoil, A female -- two females -- for every head, Spoil of finger-work for Sisera, Spoil of embroidered finger-work, Finger-work -- a pair of embroidered things, For the necks of the spoil!
Revelation 6:15
and the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich, and the chiefs of thousands, and the mighty, and every servant, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens, and in the rocks of the mountains,
Revelation 19:17-20
And I saw one messenger standing in the sun, and he cried, a great voice, saying to all the birds that are flying in mid-heaven, 'Come and be gathered together to the supper of the great God,