Psalms 68:13

Even those women who were in the pens taking care of the sheep received some of those things; they got statues of doves whose wings were covered with silver and whose feathers were covered with pure yellow gold.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

In Context

12They proclaimed, “Many kings and their armies are running away from our army!” When our army brought back to their homes the things that they captured, the women who were at home divided up those things among themselves and among their families.

14When Almighty God scattered the enemy kings and their armies, the number of weapons that they abandoned there seemed like there had been a snowstorm on Zalmon (OR, a black) Mountain.

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Cross References

Genesis 49:14Issachar, your descendants will be like strong donkeys that are lying down on the ground between their loads, so tired that they cannot get up!

Numbers 31:27Then they must divide all those things, half given to the men who fought in the battle and the other half given to the rest of the people.

Judges 5:16Why did you men stay at your sheep pens, waiting to hear the shepherds whistle for their flocks of sheep to come to the pens? Men in the tribe descended from Reuben could not decide whether they would join us to fight our enemies, or not.

1 Kings 4:20There were as many people in Judah and Israel as there are grains of sand [HYP] on the seashore. They had plenty to eat and drink and they were happy.

Psalms 74:19Do not let your helpless people [MET] fall into the hands of their cruel enemies; do not forget your suffering/persecuted people.

Psalms 105:37Then he brought the Israeli people out from Egypt; they were carrying loads of jewelry made of silver and gold that the women of Egypt had given to them. No one was left behind because of being sick.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 68:8-15

Thankful Praises to God; Mercies Recollected. 7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah: 8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. 9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. 10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor. 11 The Lord gave the… Read the whole commentary →

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