Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Thou have ascended on high. Thou have led captivity captive. Thou have received gifts among men, yea, [among] the rebellious also, that LORD God might dwell [with them].
New American Standard Bible
You have received gifts among men,
Even among the rebellious also, that
King James Version
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
Holman Bible
You received gifts from
even from the rebellious,
so that the Lord God might live there.
International Standard Version
You ascended to the heights, you took captives. You received gifts among mankind, even the rebellious, so the LORD God may live there.
American Standard Version
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led away captives; Thou hast received gifts among men, Yea, among the rebellious also, that Jehovah God might dwell with them .
Amplified
You have ascended on high, You have led away captive Your captives;
You have received gifts among men,
Even from the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there.
Bible in Basic English
You have gone up on high, taking your prisoners with you; you have taken offerings from men; the Lord God has taken his place on the seat of his power.
Darby Translation
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts in Man, and even for the rebellious, for the dwelling there of Jah Elohim.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou didst go up to height, thou didst take captive captivity: thou didst receive gifts in man, also those turning away, for Jehovah God to dwell.
King James 2000
You have ascended on high, you have led captivity captive: you have received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You have ascended on high; you have led away captives. You have received gifts [from] among humankind, and even [from the] rebellious, so that Yah God may dwell [there].
Modern King James verseion
You have gone up on high; You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts for men, yes, for the rebellious also, that You might dwell among them, O Jehovah God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
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.
NET Bible
You ascend on high, you have taken many captives. You receive tribute from men, including even sinful rebels. Indeed the Lord God lives there!
New Heart English Bible
You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, yes, among the rebellious also, that the LORD, God, might dwell there.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast led in procession a body of captives, Thou hast received gifts consisting of men, Yea even the rebellious, That, Yah, Elohim, might settle down to rest.
Webster
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yes, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
World English Bible
You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast taken captive captivity, Thou hast taken gifts for men, That even the refractory may rest, O Jah God.
Themes
Jesus Christ, Ascension Of » To receive gifts for men
Jesus Christ, Ascension Of » Prophecies respecting
Jesus Christ, Ascension Of » Was triumphant
Captivity » Figurative » captivity led captive,
Christ » Appears, after his resurrection » Ascension of
Christ, the head of the church » Imparts gifts
the Gift of the Holy Spirit » Given » Upon the exaltation of Christ
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Are through Christ
Love of Christ » Manifested in his » Sending the spirit
Prophecies respecting Christ » His ascension
Prophecy » Miscellaneous, fulfilled » The mission of jesus predicted
Rebellion against God » They who are guilty of » Restored through Christ alone
Topics
References
Hastings
Morish
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 68:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Majestic Power
17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands. LORD is among them, [as in] Sinai, in the sanctuary. 18 Thou have ascended on high. Thou have led captivity captive. Thou have received gifts among men, yea, [among] the rebellious also, that LORD God might dwell [with them]. 19 Blessed be LORD, who bears our burden daily, even the God who is our salvation. Selah.
Cross References
Judges 5:12
Awake, awake, Deborah, awake, awake, utter a song. Arise, Barak, and lead away thy captives, thou son of Abinoam.
Psalm 47:5
God has gone up with a shout, LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
Psalm 24:3
Who shall ascend into the hill of LORD? And who shall stand in his holy place?
Psalm 78:60
so that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men,
Psalm 110:1
LORD says to my lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
John 14:23
Jesus answered and said to him, If any man loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make a dwelling with him.
John 16:7
Nevertheless I tell you the truth, it is expedient for you that I depart, for if I do not depart, the helper will not come to you. But whenever I go, I will send him to you.
Acts 2:4
And they were all filled of Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them to declare.
Revelation 21:3
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them.
2 Chronicles 6:18
But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee. How much less this house which I have built!
Psalm 7:7
And let the congregation of the peoples encompass thee about, and return thou on high over them.
Psalm 24:7-10
Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.
Psalm 132:13-14
For LORD has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.
Proverbs 1:22-23
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked man forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. And let him return to LORD, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart o
Matthew 9:13
But after going, learn what this means, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners for repentance.
Mark 16:9
Now having risen early morning on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
Luke 24:47
and to proclaim in his name repentance and remission of sins for all the nations, having begun from Jerusalem.
Luke 24:49
And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you. But stay ye in the city until ye are clothed with power from on high.
Luke 24:51
And it came to pass while he blessed them, he parted from them, and was brought up into heaven.
John 14:16-17
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper, so that he may dwell with you into the age,
John 16:13-15
However when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. For he will not speak from himself, but as many things as he may hear, he will speak. And he will report to you the things that are coming.
Acts 1:2-9
until a day in which he was taken up, having commanded, through Holy Spirit, the apostles whom he chose,
Acts 2:23
this man, having been designated (by the purpose and foreknowledge of God) a man delivered up, ye, having taken by lawless hands, killed, having crucified,
Acts 2:33-41
Therefore, exalted by the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he poured out this that ye now see and hear.
Acts 9:17
And Ananias departed and entered into the house. And having laid hands on him he said, Brother Saul, the Lord, he who appeared to thee on the road on which thou came, has sent me so that thou may receive sight, and be filled of Hol
Romans 5:8
But God commends his love toward us, that, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Or know ye not that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not led astray. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate men, nor homosexuals,
1 Corinthians 15:45-47
And so it is written, The first man Adam developed into a living soul. The last Adam a life giving spirit.
2 Corinthians 6:16
And what mutual agreement has a temple of God with idols? For ye are a temple of the living God, just as God said, I will dwell in them, and will walk among them. And I will be their God, and they will be a people to me.
Ephesians 4:8-10
Therefore he says, Having ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.
Colossians 1:18-19
And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might become preeminent in all things.
Colossians 2:3
In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Colossians 2:9
Because in him all the fullness of the divinity dwells bodily.
1 Timothy 1:13-15
the man who was formerly blasphemous, and a persecutor, and an aggressor. But I obtained mercy because I did it being ignorant in unbelief.
Titus 3:3-7
For we also were formerly foolish, disobedient, being led astray, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in evil and envy, hateful, hating each other.
Hebrews 1:3
Who, being the radiance of his glory, and the exact image of his essence, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made purification of our sins through himself, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in the
Hebrews 4:14
Having therefore a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us take hold of the affirmation.
Hebrews 6:20
where the forerunner, Jesus, entered for us, having become a high priest into the age according to the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 8:1
Now a summation about the things being spoken is, we have such a high priest who was seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
1 Peter 3:22
who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, agents, and positions of authority, and powers having been subordinated to him.
Revelation 1:20-1
The mystery of the seven stars that thou saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are agents of the seven congregations, and the seven lampstands that thou saw are the seven congregations.