Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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].
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.
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 myriads, thousands of changes, The Lord is among them, in Sinai, in the sanctuary. 18 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. 19 Blessed is the Lord, day by day He layeth on us. God Himself is our salvation. Selah.
Cross References
Judges 5:12
Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, utter a song; Rise, Barak, and take captive thy captivity, Son of Abinoam.
Psalm 47:5
God hath gone up with a shout, Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet.
Psalm 24:3
Who goeth up into the hill of Jehovah? And who riseth up in His holy place?
Psalm 78:60
And He leaveth the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,
Psalm 110:1
A Psalm of David. The affirmation of Jehovah to my Lord: 'Sit at My right hand, Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.'
John 14:23
Jesus answered and said to him, 'If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make;
John 16:7
'But I tell you the truth; it is better for you that I go away, for if I may not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you, and if I go on, I will send Him unto you;
Acts 2:4
and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, according as the Spirit was giving them to declare.
Revelation 21:3
and I heard a great voice out of the heaven, saying, 'Lo, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will tabernacle with them, and they shall be His peoples, and God Himself shall be with them -- their God,
2 Chronicles 6:18
(for is it true? -- God dwelleth with man on the earth! Lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Thee, how much less this house that I have built?)
Psalm 7:7
And a company of peoples compass Thee, And over it on high turn Thou back,
Psalm 24:7-10
Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory!
Psalm 132:13-14
For Jehovah hath fixed on Zion, He hath desired it for a seat to Himself,
Proverbs 1:22-23
'Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?
Isaiah 55:7
Forsake doth the wicked his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts, And he returneth to Jehovah, and He pitieth him, And unto our God for He multiplieth to pardon.
Isaiah 57:15
For thus said the high and exalted One, Inhabiting eternity, and holy is His name: 'In the high and holy place I dwell, And with the bruised and humble of spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of bruised ones,'
Ezekiel 48:35
Round about is eighteen thousand, and the renown of the city is from the day Jehovah is there.'
Matthew 9:13
but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'
Mark 16:9
And he, having risen in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, did appear first to Mary the Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons;
Luke 24:47
and reformation and remission of sins to be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem:
Luke 24:49
And, lo, I do send the promise of my Father upon you, but ye -- abide ye in the city of Jerusalem till ye be clothed with power from on high.'
Luke 24:51
and it came to pass, in his blessing them, he was parted from them, and was borne up to the heaven;
John 14:16-17
and I will ask the Father, and another Comforter He will give to you, that he may remain with you -- to the age;
John 16:13-15
and when He may come -- the Spirit of truth -- He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you;
Acts 1:2-9
till the day in which, having given command, through the Holy Spirit, to the apostles whom he did choose out, he was taken up,
Acts 2:23
this one, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, being given out, having taken by lawless hands, having crucified -- ye did slay;
Acts 2:33-41
at the right hand then of God having been exalted -- also the promise of the Holy Spirit having received from the Father -- he was shedding forth this, which now ye see and hear;
Acts 9:17
And Ananias went away, and did enter into the house, and having put upon him his hands, said, 'Saul, brother, the Lord hath sent me -- Jesus who did appear to thee in the way in which thou wast coming -- that thou mayest see again, and mayest be filled with the Holy Spirit.'
Romans 5:8
and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,
1 Corinthians 15:45-47
so also it hath been written, 'The first man Adam became a living creature,' the last Adam is for a life-giving spirit,
2 Corinthians 6:16
and what agreement to the sanctuary of God with idols? for ye are a sanctuary of the living God, according as God said -- 'I will dwell in them, and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people,
Ephesians 4:8-10
wherefore, he saith, 'Having gone up on high he led captive captivity, and gave gifts to men,' --
Colossians 1:18-19
And himself is the head of the body -- the assembly -- who is a beginning, a first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all things -- himself -- first,
Colossians 2:3
in whom are all the treasures of the wisdom and the knowledge hid,
Colossians 2:9
because in him doth tabernacle all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,
1 Timothy 1:13-15
who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did it in unbelief,
Titus 3:3-7
for we were once -- also we -- thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious -- hating one another;
Hebrews 1:3
who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might -- through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,
Hebrews 4:14
Having, then, a great chief priest passed through the heavens -- Jesus the Son of God -- may we hold fast the profession,
Hebrews 6:20
whither a forerunner for us did enter -- Jesus, after the order of Melchisedek chief priest having become -- to the age.
Hebrews 8:1
And the sum concerning the things spoken of is: we have such a chief priest, who did sit down at the right hand of the throne of the greatness in the heavens,
1 Peter 3:22
who is at the right hand of God, having gone on to heaven -- messengers, and authorities, and powers, having been subjected to him.
Revelation 1:20-1
the secret of the seven stars that thou hast seen upon my right hand, and the seven golden lamp-stands: the seven stars are messengers of the seven assemblies, and the seven lamp-stands that thou hast seen are seven assemblies.