Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The singers go before, the minstrels follow after; in the midst are the damsels playing with the timbrels.
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.
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 It is well seen, O God, how thou goest; how thou, my God and King, goest in the sanctuary. 25 The singers go before, the minstrels follow after; in the midst are the damsels playing with the timbrels. 26 Give thanks, O Israel, unto God the LORD in the congregations, from the ground of the heart.
Names
Cross References
Judges 11:34
Then Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house. And see, his daughter came out against him, with timbrels and dances, which was his only child: so that beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
Exodus 15:20
And Miriam, a prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women came out after her with timbrels in a dance.
1 Chronicles 13:8
And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, with singing, harps, psalteries, timbrels and trumpets.
1 Samuel 18:6
And it happened as they went, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that women came out of all cities of Israel singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with timbrels, with joy, and with fiddles.
Psalm 87:7
The singers also and trumpeters shall he rehearse. All my fresh springs shall be in thee.
Psalm 148:12-13
young men and maidens, old men and children,
Psalm 150:3-5
Praise him in the sound of the trumpet; praise him upon the lute and harp.
Jeremiah 31:4
I will repair thee again, O thou daughter of Israel, that thou mayest be fast and sure. Thou shalt take thy tabrets again, and go forth, with them that lead the dance.
Jeremiah 31:13
Then shall the maid rejoice in the dance, yea both young and old folks. For I will turn their sorrow into gladness, and will comfort them and make them joyful, even from their hearts.
Revelation 14:2-3
And I heard a voice from heaven, as the sound 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 glassy sea, mingled with fire, and them that had gotten victory of the beast, and of his image, and of his mark, and of the number of his name, stand on the glassy sea, having the harps of God