KJV King James Version
The singers went before, the players on instruments [followed] after; among [them were] the damsels playing with timbrels.
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Psalm 68:25
The singers went before, the players on instruments [followed] after; among [them were] the damsels playing with timbrels.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
WEB World English Bible
The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, in the midst of the ladies playing with tambourines,
ASV American Standard Version
The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Singers have been before, Behind are players on instruments, In the midst virgins playing with timbrels.
Surrounding context — Psalm 68
22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring [my people] again from the depths of the sea:
23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of [thine] enemies, [and] the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
24 They have seen thy goings, O God; [even] the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
25 The singers went before, the players on instruments [followed] after; among [them were] the damsels playing with timbrels.
26 Bless ye God in the congregations, [even] the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
27 There [is] little Benjamin [with] their ruler, the princes of Judah [and] their council, the princes of Zebulun, [and] the princes of Naphtali.
28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
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1 Chronicles 13:8And David and all Israel played before God with all [their] might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.Judges 11:34And 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 15:20And 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.Revelation 15:2-3And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory 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 the harps of God.Revelation 14:2-3And 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:1 Samuel 18:6And 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 tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.Psalm 87:7As well the singers as the players on instruments [shall be there]: all my springs [are] in thee.Jeremiah 31:4Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.Psalm 150:3-5Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.Jeremiah 31:13Then 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.Psalm 148:12-13Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
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