Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

The singers went before, the players on stringed instruments after, in the midst of maidens playing on tabrets.

New American Standard Bible

The singers went on, the musicians after them,
In the midst of the maidens beating tambourines.

King James Version

The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

Holman Bible

Singers lead the way,
with musicians following;
among them are young women
playing tambourines.

International Standard Version

The singers are in front, the musicians follow, strumming their stringed instruments among the maidens who are playing their tambourines.

A Conservative Version

The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, in the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.

American Standard Version

The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.

Amplified


The singers go in front, the players of instruments last;
Between them the maidens playing on tambourines.

Bible in Basic English

The makers of songs go before, the players of music come after, among the young girls playing on brass instruments.

Julia Smith Translation

The chiefs went before, they playing on instruments, after; in the midst, girls beating the tabret.

King James 2000

The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Singers went up front, those playing stringed instruments last, between [them] young women [playing] tambourines.

Modern King James verseion

The singers went before, then the musicians came; among them were the virgins playing the timbrels.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The singers go before, the minstrels follow after; in the midst are the damsels playing with the timbrels.

NET Bible

Singers walk in front; musicians follow playing their stringed instruments, in the midst of young women playing tambourines.

New Heart English Bible

The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, in the midst of the ladies playing with tambourines,

The Emphasized Bible

In front are the singers, Behind are the harpers, In the midst of damsels playing on timbrels:

Webster

The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

World English Bible

The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, in the midst of the ladies playing with tambourines,

Youngs Literal Translation

Singers have been before, Behind are players on instruments, In the midst virgins playing with timbrels.

Context Readings

God's Majestic Power

24 They have seen thy goings, O God, the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. 25 The singers went before, the players on stringed instruments after, in the midst of maidens playing on tabrets. 26 In the congregations bless ye God, the Lord, ye from the fountain of Israel.

Cross References

Judges 11:34

Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah; and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances; she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

Exodus 15:20

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the tambour in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambours and with dances.

1 Chronicles 13:8

And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with lutes, and with tambours, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

1 Samuel 18:6

And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambours, with joy, and with triangles.

Psalm 87:7

As well the singers as the dancers shall say, All my springs are in thee.

Psalm 148:12-13

Both young men and maidens, old men with youths, --

Psalm 150:3-5

Praise him with the sound of the trumpet; praise him with lute and harp;

Jeremiah 31:4

I will build thee again, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel! Thou shalt again be adorned with thy tambours, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

Jeremiah 31:13

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and old together; for I will turn their mourning into gladness, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice after their sorrow.

Revelation 14:2-3

And I heard a voice out of the heaven as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of great thunder. And the voice which I heard was as of harp-singers harping with their harps;

Revelation 15:2-3

And I saw as a glass sea, mingled with fire, and those that had gained the victory over the beast, and over its image, and over the number of its name, standing upon the glass sea, having harps of God.

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