Psalms 68:25

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.”

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BSBPD

“The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Singers have been before, Behind <FI>are<Fi> players on instruments, In the midst virgins playing with timbrels.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 68:25 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
  2. Judges 11:34And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
  3. 1 Samuel 18:6As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.
  4. 1 Chronicles 13:8David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
  5. Psalms 63:3Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
  6. Psalms 77:14You are the God who works wonders; You display Your strength among the peoples.
  7. Psalms 87:7Singers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.”
  8. Psalms 148:12young men and maidens, old and young together.
  9. Psalms 150:3Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.
  10. Jeremiah 31:4Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
  11. Jeremiah 31:13Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.
  12. Revelation 14:2And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps.
  13. Revelation 15:2And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, beside which stood those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name. They were holding harps from God,

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