Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The chariots of God are many thousand times a thousand, the LORD is among them, as in the holy place of Sinai.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
Holman Bible
thousands and thousands;
the Lord is among them in the sanctuary
as He was at Sinai.
International Standard Version
God's chariots were many thousands. The Lord was there with them at Sinai in holiness.
A Conservative Version
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands. LORD is among them, [as in] Sinai, in the sanctuary.
American Standard Version
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them, as in'sinai, in the sanctuary.
Amplified
The chariots of God are
The Lord is among them as He was at Sinai, in holiness.
Bible in Basic English
The war-carriage of God is among Israel's thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai to the holy place.
Darby Translation
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them: it is a Sinai in holiness.
Julia Smith Translation
The chariot of God twice ten thousand thousands upon thousands: Jehovah among them, Sinai in the holy place.
King James 2000
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The chariots of God [are] twice ten thousand, [with] thousands doubled. The Lord [is] among them [at] Sinai, distinctive [in victory].
Modern King James verseion
The chariots of God are myriads, thousands of thousands; the Lord is among them, in Sinai, in the holy place.
NET Bible
God has countless chariots; they number in the thousands. The Lord comes from Sinai in holy splendor.
New Heart English Bible
The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.
The Emphasized Bible
The chariots of God, are two myriads - thousands repeated, My Lord, is among them Sinai, is in the sanctuary!
Webster
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
World English Bible
The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.
Youngs Literal Translation
The chariots of God are myriads, thousands of changes, The Lord is among them, in Sinai, in the sanctuary.
Themes
Angels » Are ministering spirits
Angels » The law given by the ministration of
Chariot » Figurative » Chariots of God
Law » Received by the disposition of angels
Sinai » A mountain in the peninsula east of the red sea » The law delivered to moses upon
Topics
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 68:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Majestic Power
16 Why hop ye so, ye high hills? This is God's hill, in the which it pleaseth him to dwell. Yea, the LORD will abide in it forever. 17 The chariots of God are many thousand times a thousand, the LORD is among them, as in the holy place of Sinai. 18 Thou art gone up on high; thou hast led captivity captive, and received gifts for men, yea, even for thine enemies, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:2
saying, "The LORD came from Sinai, and showed his beams from Seir unto them; and appeared gloriously from mount Paran, and he came with thousands of saints, and in his righthand a law of fire for them.
Daniel 7:10
There drew forth a fiery stream, and went out from him. A thousand times a thousand served him. Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The judgment was set, and the books opened.
Exodus 3:5
And he said, "Come not hither, but put thy shoes off thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground."
Exodus 19:22-23
And let the priests also, which come to the LORD's presence, sanctify themselves: lest the LORD smite them."
2 Kings 2:11
And as they went walking and talking, behold, there came a chariot of fire and horses of fire and put them asunder. And Elijah went up in the whirlwind to heaven.
2 Kings 6:16-17
And he said, "Fear not, there are more with us than with them."
Psalm 18:10
He rode upon the Cherub, and did fly: he came flying upon the wings of the wind. {TYNDALE: And he rode upon Cherub and flew: and appeared upon the wings of the wind.}
Ezekiel 1:15-28
Now when I had well considered the beasts, I saw a work of wheels upon the earth with four faces also like the beasts.
Habakkuk 3:8
Wast thou not angry, O LORD, in the waters? Was not thy wrath in the floods, and thy displeasure in the sea? Yes, when thou sattest upon thine horse, and when thy chariots had the victory.
Matthew 26:53
Either thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my father, and he shall give me more than twelve legions of angels?
Revelation 5:11
And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels about the throne, and about the beasts and the elders, and I heard thousand thousands,
Revelation 9:16
And the number of horsemen of war, were twenty times ten thousand. And I heard the number of them.