KJV King James Version
Though ye have lien among the pots, [yet shall ye be as] the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
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Psalm 68:13
Though ye have lien among the pots, [yet shall ye be as] the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.”
WEB World English Bible
while you sleep among the campfires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold.
ASV American Standard Version
When ye lie among the sheepfolds, It is as the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Though ye do lie between two boundaries, Wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.
Surrounding context — Psalm 68
10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
11 The Lord gave the word: great [was] the company of those that published [it].
12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
13 Though ye have lien among the pots, [yet shall ye be as] the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was [white] as snow in Salmon.
15 The hill of God [is as] the hill of Bashan; an high hill [as] the hill of Bashan.
16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? [this is] the hill [which] God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell [in it] for ever.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אִֽם־H518 · imifתִּשְׁכְּבוּן֮H7901 · sha.khavto lie down: lay downבֵּ֪יןH996 · ba.yinbetweenשְׁפַ֫תָּ֥יִםH8240 · sha.phatash heepכַּנְפֵ֣יH3671 · ka.naphwingי֭וֹנָהH3123 · yo.nahdoveנֶחְפָּ֣הH2645 · cha.phahto coverבַכֶּ֑סֶףH3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyוְ֝אֶבְרוֹתֶ֗יהָH84 · ev.rahpinionבִּֽירַקְרַ֥קH3422 · ye.raq.raqgreenishחָרֽוּץ׃H2742 · cha.rutssharp
Cross-references
Genesis 49:14Issachar [is] a strong ass couching down between two burdens:Psalm 105:37He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and [there was] not one feeble [person] among their tribes.Titus 3:3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another.1 Corinthians 6:9-11Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,Revelation 1:5-6And from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, [and] the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,Ephesians 2:1-3And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and sins;Judges 5:16Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben [there were] great searchings of heart.Psalm 149:4For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.Psalm 74:19O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude [of the wicked]: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.Exodus 1:14And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, [was] with rigour.Psalm 81:6I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.Ezekiel 16:6-14And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee [when thou wast] in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee [when thou wast] in thy blood, Live.Luke 15:22But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put [it] on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on [his] feet:Luke 15:16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.1 Kings 4:20-21Judah and Israel [were] many, as the sand which [is] by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.1 Corinthians 12:2Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.Ephesians 5:26-27That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
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