KJV King James Version
There [is] little Benjamin [with] their ruler, the princes of Judah [and] their council, the princes of Zebulun, [and] the princes of Naphtali.
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Psalm 68:27
There [is] little Benjamin [with] their ruler, the princes of Judah [and] their council, the princes of Zebulun, [and] the princes of Naphtali.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them, the princes of Judah in their company, the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.
WEB World English Bible
There is little Benjamin, their ruler, the princes of Judah, their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
ASV American Standard Version
There is little Benjamin their ruler, The princes of Judah and their council, The princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
There is little Benjamin their ruler, Heads of Judah their defence, Heads of Zebulun—heads of Naphtali.
Surrounding context — Psalm 68
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.
29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, [till every one] submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people [that] delight in war.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
שָׁ֤םH8033 · shamthereבִּנְיָמִ֨ן׀H1144 · bin.ya.minBenjaminצָעִ֡ירH6810 · tsa.irlittleרֹדֵ֗םH7287 · ra.dahto ruleשָׂרֵ֣יH8269 · sarrulerיְ֭הוּדָהH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahרִגְמָתָ֑םH7277 · rig.mahcrowdשָׂרֵ֥יH8269 · sarrulerזְ֝בֻל֗וּןH2074 · ze.vu.lunZebulunשָׂרֵ֥יH8269 · sarrulerנַפְתָּלִֽי׃H5321 · naph.ta.liNaphtali
Cross-references
1 Samuel 9:21And Saul answered and said, [Am] not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?Psalm 60:7Gilead [is] mine, and Manasseh [is] mine; Ephraim also [is] the strength of mine head; Judah [is] my lawgiver;1 Chronicles 12:16And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.Isaiah 11:13The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.1 Chronicles 27:12The ninth [captain] for the ninth month [was] Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.Ezekiel 37:19-27Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which [is] in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, [even] with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.Genesis 42:32We [be] twelve brethren, sons of our father; one [is] not, and the youngest [is] this day with our father in the land of Canaan.1 Chronicles 12:29And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.1 Chronicles 15:3And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.Judges 21:6-25And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.Judges 5:18Zebulun and Naphtali [were] a people [that] jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.Psalm 47:9The princes of the people are gathered together, [even] the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth [belong] unto God: he is greatly exalted.Judges 20:35And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.
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