Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
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
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
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.
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.
Themes
Birds » Names of » Doves, a type of purity
Doves » Characterized by » Richness of plumage
Doves » Doves, a type of purity
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 68:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Majestic Power
12 Kings of armies flee; they flee, and she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil. 13 Though ye have lain among the sheepfolds, ye shall be as wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with green gold. 14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it became snow-white as Zalmon.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Genesis 49:14
Issachar is a bony ass, Crouching down between two hurdles.
Exodus 1:14
and they embittered their life with hard labour in clay and bricks, and in all manner of labour in the field: all their labour with which they made them serve was with harshness.
Judges 5:16
Why did you tarry among the sheepfolds, to hear the piping for the flocks? Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of 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
Give not up the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the troop of thine afflicted for ever.
Psalm 81:6
I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
Psalm 105:37
And he brought them forth with silver and gold; and there was not one feeble among their tribes.
Psalm 149:4
For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people; he beautifieth the meek with salvation.
Ezekiel 16:6-14
And I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, and I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live! yea, I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live!
Luke 15:16
And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave to him.
Luke 15:22
But the father said to his bondmen, Bring out the best robe and clothe him in it, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet;
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Do ye not know that unrighteous persons shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who make women of themselves, nor who abuse themselves with men,
1 Corinthians 12:2
Ye know that when ye were of the nations ye were led away to dumb idols, in whatever way ye might be led.
Ephesians 2:1-3
and you, being dead in your offences and sins --
Ephesians 5:26-27
in order that he might sanctify it, purifying it by the washing of water by the word,
Titus 3:3
For we were once ourselves also without intelligence, disobedient, wandering in error, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Revelation 1:5-6
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and has washed us from our sins in his blood,