Psalms 68:12
10 Your flock settled therein; O God, from Your bounty You provided for the poor.
11 The Lord gives the command; a great company of women proclaim it:
“Kings and their armies flee in haste; she who waits at home divides the plunder.
13 Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.”
14 When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it was like the snow falling on Zalmon.
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
- “Kings and their armies flee in haste; she who waits at home divides the plunder.
- KJV
- Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
- WEB
- “Kings of armies flee! They flee!” She who waits at home divides the plunder,
- ASV
- Kings of armies flee, they flee; And she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.
- DARBY
- Kings of armies flee; they flee, and she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.
- BLB
- “The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee! And she who dwells [in] the house divides the spoil!
- ÅB
- Hærenes konger flykter, de flykter, og hun som sitter hjemme, deler bytte.
- OTB
- "Konger av hærer flykter, de flykter,
Og hun som blir hjemme deler byttet!" - B1930
- Hærenes konger flyr, de flyr, og hun som sitter hjemme, deler bytte.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 10:16
Now the five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah.
Read in contextJudges 5:19
Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
Read in contextRevelation 19:17–20
Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,
Read in contextJoshua 12:7–24
And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritance
Read in context1 Samuel 30:24
Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”
Read in contextNumbers 31:54
And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and brought it into the Tent of Meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD.
Read in contextJudges 5:30
‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil— a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
Read in contextExodus 14:25
He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”
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