Psalms 60:7
5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
9 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
- KJV
- Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
- WEB
- Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is the defense of my head. Judah is my scepter.
- ASV
- Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.
- DARBY
- Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;
- BLB
- Gilead [is] unto Me, and Manasseh [is] unto Me; and Ephraim [is] the helmet for My head; Judah [is] My scepter;
- ÅB
- Meg hører Gilead til, og meg hører Manasse til, og Efra'im er vern for mitt hode, Juda er min herskerstav.
- OTB
- Gilead er min, og Manasse er min;
Efraim er også hjelmen for mitt hode;
Juda er min septer. - B1930
- Mig hører Gilead til, og mig hører Manasse til, og Efra'im er vern for mitt hode, Juda er min herskerstav.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 49:10
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 33:17
His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
Read in contextJoshua 13:31
And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.
Read in context1 Chronicles 12:19
And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
Read in contextJoshua 17:1
There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
Read in context1 Chronicles 12:37
And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
Read in contextJoshua 17:5–6
And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;
Read in context1 Samuel 28:2
And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.
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