Parallel Verses
NET Bible
When you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver and with glittering 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.
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.
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.
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 leading armies run away -- they run away! The lovely lady of the house divides up the loot. 13 When you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver and with glittering gold. 14 When the sovereign judge scatters kings, let it snow on Zalmon!
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Genesis 49:14
Issachar is a strong-boned donkey lying down between two saddlebags.
Exodus 1:14
They made their lives bitter by hard service with mortar and bricks and by all kinds of service in the fields. Every kind of service the Israelites were required to give was rigorous.
Judges 5:16
Why do you remain among the sheepfolds, listening to the shepherds playing their pipes for their flocks? As for the clans of Reuben -- there was intense searching of heart.
1 Kings 4:20-21
The people of Judah and Israel were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore; they had plenty to eat and drink and were happy.
Psalm 74:19
Do not hand the life of your dove over to a wild animal! Do not continue to disregard the lives of your oppressed people!
Psalm 81:6
It said: "I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were released from holding the basket.
Psalm 105:37
He brought his people out enriched with silver and gold; none of his tribes stumbled.
Psalm 149:4
For the Lord takes delight in his people; he exalts the oppressed by delivering them.
Ezekiel 16:6-14
"'I passed by you and saw you kicking around helplessly in your blood. I said to you as you lay there in your blood, "Live!" I said to you as you lay there in your blood, "Live!"
Luke 15:16
He was longing to eat the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
Luke 15:22
But the father said to his slaves, 'Hurry! Bring the best robe, and put it on him! Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet!
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,
1 Corinthians 12:2
You know that when you were pagans you were often led astray by speechless idols, however you were led.
Ephesians 2:1-3
And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,
Ephesians 5:26-27
to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word,
Titus 3:3
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.
Revelation 1:5-6
and from Jesus Christ -- the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own blood