KJV King James Version
When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was [white] as snow in Salmon.
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Psalm 68:14
When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was [white] as snow in Salmon.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it was like the snow falling on Zalmon.
WEB World English Bible
When the Almighty scattered kings in her, it snowed on Zalmon.
ASV American Standard Version
When the Almighty scattered kings therein, It was as when it snoweth in Zalmon.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
When the Mighty spreadeth kings in it, It doth snow in Salmon.
Surrounding context — Psalm 68
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.
17 The chariots of God [are] twenty thousand, [even] thousands of angels: the Lord [is] among them, [as in] Sinai, in the holy [place].
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Isaiah 1:18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.Judges 2:7And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.Joshua 10:10-43And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.Judges 9:48And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that [were] with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid [it] on his shoulder, and said unto the people that [were] with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, [and] do as I [have done].Psalm 51:7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.Revelation 19:14-21And the armies [which were] in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.Joshua 12:1-24Now these [are] the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:Numbers 21:3And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.Jeremiah 2:3Israel [was] holiness unto the LORD, [and] the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.Numbers 21:21-35And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
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