Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
Holman Bible
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.
Darby Translation
The singers went before, the players on stringed instruments after, in the midst of maidens playing on tabrets.
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.
Themes
Chosen Instruments » Trumpets » Full orchestra
Chosen Instruments » Names of » Timbrels, or tambourines
Music » Trumpets » Full orchestra
Music » Names of » Timbrels, or tambourines
Music » Musicians » Players on instruments
Music » Instruments of » Timbrel
Musical instruments » Trumpets » Full orchestra
Musical instruments » Names of » Timbrels, or tambourines
Musicians » Players on instruments
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 68:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Majestic Power
24
They have seen thy ways, O God, even the ways of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
25
Names
Cross References
Judges 11:34
And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances; and 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 a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
1 Chronicles 13:8
And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, with songs and with harps and with psalteries and with timbrels and with cymbals and with trumpets.
1 Samuel 18:6
And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.
Psalm 87:7
And singers and players on instruments in her shall say: all my springs are in thee.
Psalm 148:12-13
both young men and maidens, the old with the children,
Psalm 150:3-5
Praise him with the sound of the shofar; praise him with the psaltery and harp.
Jeremiah 31:4
Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tambourines and shalt go forth in the chorus of dancers.
Jeremiah 31:13
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy and will comfort them and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
Revelation 14:2-3
And I heard a voice from heaven as the voice of many waters and as the voice of a great thunder; and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps;
Revelation 15:2-3
And I saw, as it were, a sea of glass mingled with fire and those that had gotten the victory over the beast and over its image and over its mark and over the number of its name stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.