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
O God, Your festival processions can be seen by everyone. They are the processions for my God, my king, into the holy place.
25
Names
Cross References
Judges 11:34
Jephthah went back home to Mizpah. His daughter came out to meet him, dancing and playing the tambourine. She was his only child.
Exodus 15:20
The prophet Miriam, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine in her hand. All the women, danced with tambourines, and followed her.
1 Chronicles 13:8
David and all the people of Israel celebrated with all their might before God. They did it with songs and with harps, lyres, tambourines, cymbals and trumpets.
1 Samuel 18:6
David returned from a campaign against the Philistines. That same day women from all of Israel's cities came to meet King Saul. They sang and danced. Tambourines, joyful music, and triangles accompanied them.
Psalm 87:7
Then those who sing as well as those who play the flutes will say: All my springs of joy are in you.
Psalm 148:12-13
Praise him you young men and women, old and young together.
Psalm 150:3-5
Praise him with sounds from horns. Praise him with harps and stringed instruments.
Jeremiah 31:4
I will build you and you will be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! You will take up your tambourines and go to the dances of the merrymakers.
Jeremiah 31:13
Then young women will rejoice and dance along with young men and old men. I will turn their mourning into joy. I will comfort them. I will replace their sorrow with joy.
Revelation 14:2-3
I heard a sound from heaven, as the sound of many waters. It was as the sound of a great thunder: and I heard the sound of harpists playing their harps.
Revelation 15:2-3
I saw what looked like a sea of glass mingled with fire. Those who were victorious over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having harps (written Word) of God.