Psalms 108:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.”
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“Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;”
King James Version · Public Domain“Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Mine <FI>is<Fi> Gilead, mine <FI>is<Fi> Manasseh, And Ephraim <FI>is<Fi> the strength of my head, Judah <FI>is<Fi> my lawgiver,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 108:8 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
- Deuteronomy 33:17His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”
- Joshua 13:8The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:
- 1 Samuel 28:4The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.
- 2 Samuel 2:8Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,
- 2 Samuel 5:5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
- Psalms 122:5For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.
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