KJV King James Version
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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Psalm 68:30
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
WEB World English Bible
Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples. Being humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations that delight in war.
ASV American Standard Version
Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples, Trampling under foot the pieces of silver: He hath scattered the peoples that delight in war.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Rebuke a beast of the reeds, a company of bulls, With calves of the peoples, Each humbling himself with pieces of silver, Scatter Thou peoples delighting in conflicts.
Surrounding context — 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.
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.
31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, [which were] of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, [and that] a mighty voice.
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גְּעַ֨רH1605 · ga.arto rebukeחַיַּ֪תH2416 · chayaliveקָנֶ֡הH7070 · qa.nehbranchעֲדַ֤תH5712 · e.dahcongregationאַבִּירִ֨ים׀H47 · ab.birmighty: oxבְּעֶגְלֵ֬יH5695 · e.gelcalfעַמִּ֗יםH5971 · ampeopleמִתְרַפֵּ֥סH7511 · ra.phasto stampבְּרַצֵּי־H7518 · ratspieceכָ֑סֶףH3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyבִּזַּ֥רH967 · ba.zarto scatterעַ֝מִּ֗יםH5971 · ampeopleקְרָב֥וֹתH7128 · qe.ravbattleיֶחְפָּֽצוּ׃H2654 · cha.phetsto delight in
Cross-references
Psalm 22:12-13Many bulls have compassed me: strong [bulls] of Bashan have beset me round.Psalm 89:10Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.Romans 7:22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:2 Chronicles 14:1-15So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.2 Samuel 10:1-19And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.Job 40:21He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.James 4:1From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lusts that war in your members?Jeremiah 50:11Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;2 Samuel 8:1-18And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines.Isaiah 34:7And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.Psalm 2:12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish [from] the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed [are] all they that put their trust in him.Isaiah 37:1-38And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard [it], that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.2 Chronicles 20:1-37It came to pass after this also, [that] the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them [other] beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.Psalm 18:44As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.Ezekiel 29:3Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river [is] mine own, and I have made [it] for myself.Psalm 120:7I [am for] peace: but when I speak, they [are] for war.Jeremiah 51:32-33And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
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