Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The Lord announces the word, and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng: New Living Translation The Lord gives the word, and a great army brings the good news. English Standard Version The Lord gives the word; the women who announce the news are a great host: Berean Study Bible The Lord gives the command; a great company of women proclaim it: King James Bible The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. New King James Version The Lord gave the word; Great was the company of those who proclaimed it: New American Standard Bible The Lord gives the command; The women who proclaim good news are a great army: NASB 1995 The Lord gives the command; The women who proclaim the good tidings are a great host: NASB 1977 The Lord gives the command; The women who proclaim the good tidings are a great host: Amplified Bible The Lord gives the command [to take Canaan]; The women who proclaim the good news are a great host (army); Christian Standard Bible The Lord gave the command; a great company of women brought the good news: Holman Christian Standard Bible The Lord gave the command; a great company of women brought the good news:" American Standard Version The Lord giveth the word: The women that publish the tidings are a great host. Aramaic Bible in Plain English LORD JEHOVAH will give the word of the Gospel in great power! Brenton Septuagint Translation The Lord God will give a word to them that preach it in a great company. Contemporary English Version You gave the command, LORD, and a chorus of women told what had happened: Douay-Rheims Bible The Lord shall give the word to them that preach good tidings with great power. English Revised Version The Lord giveth the word: the women that publish the tidings are a great host. Good News Translation The Lord gave the command, and many women carried the news: GOD'S WORD® Translation The Lord gives instructions. The women who announce the good news are a large army. International Standard Version The Lord issues a command. Numerous are the women who announce the news: JPS Tanakh 1917 The Lord giveth the word; The women that proclaim the tidings are a great host. Literal Standard Version The Lord gives the saying, "" The female proclaimers [are] a numerous host. NET Bible The Lord speaks; many, many women spread the good news. New Heart English Bible The Lord announced the word; a great company of women proclaim the good news. World English Bible The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company. Young's Literal Translation The Lord doth give the saying, The female proclaimers are a numerous host. Additional Translations ... Context God's Enemies Are Scattered…10Your flock settled therein; O God, from Your bounty You provided for the poor. 11The Lord gives the command; a great company of women proclaim it: 12“Kings and their armies flee in haste; she who waits at home divides the plunder.… Cross References Exodus 15:20 Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing. 1 Samuel 18:6 As 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. Proverbs 9:3 She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city. Treasury of Scripture The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. Lord Psalm 40:3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. Exodus 14:15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: Exodus 17:9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. company [heb. Psalm 68:25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels. Exodus 15:20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. Judges 5:1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
(11-14) These verses refer to the conquest of Canaan, the long history of which is, however, here crowded into one supreme and crowning moment: a word from God, and all was done. (11) The Lord gave . . .--Literally, The Lord gives a word. Of the women who bring the news, the host is great. The Hebrew for a word is poetical, and used especially of a Divine utterance (Psalm 19:4; Psalm 77:8; Habakkuk 3:9). Here it might mean either the signal for the conflict, or the announcement of victory. But the custom of granting to bands of maidens the privilege of celebrating a triumph (Exodus 15:20-21; Judges 5, Judges 11:34; 1Samuel 18:6; 2Samuel 1:20), here evidently alluded to, makes in favour of the latter. By the "great company," or host, we are apparently to think, not of one large body of women celebrating some one particular victory, but successive and frequent tidings of victory following rapidly on one another-- "Thick as tale Came post with post." --Macbeth. The LXX. and Vulg. renderings have been the source of the erroneous view which makes this verse prophetic of a numerous and successful Christian ministry: "The Lord shall give the word to them that evangelise with great might." Verses 11-23. - From God's mercies to his people at Sinai and in the wilderness, the psalmist goes on to consider those connected with the conquest of Canaan, and the establishment of David's widespread rule. The passage is difficult and obscure, perhaps from its embodying fragments of the earlier Hebrew poetry. It is also full of curious transitions, and of ellipses which make the meaning doubtful. Verse 11. - The Lord gave the word. The reader naturally asks - What word? Commentators answer variously: "the watchword" (Cheyne); "promise of victory" (Kay); "the word of command" (Dean Johnson); "announcement of an actual victory gained" (Hengstenberg). I should rather understand a sort of creative word, initiating the period of strife (comp. Shakespeare's "Cry havock, and let slip the dogs of war!"). Great was the company of those that published it; literally, great was the company of the women that heralded it. The reference is to the female choirs which took a prominent part in the war songs of ancient days (see Exodus 15:20, 21; Judges 5:1; 1 Samuel 18:6, 7).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The Lordאֲדֹנָ֥י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 136: The Lord gives יִתֶּן־ (yit·ten-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set the command; אֹ֑מֶר (’ō·mer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 562: Promise, speech, thing, word a great רָֽב׃ (rāḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7227: Much, many, great company צָבָ֥א (ṣā·ḇā) Noun - common singular Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign of women proclaim [it]: הַֽ֝מְבַשְּׂר֗וֹת (ham·ḇaś·śə·rō·wṯ) Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine plural Strong's 1319: To be fresh, full, cheerful), to announce Jump to Previous Announced Bore Command Company Female Gives Good Great Host Numerous Ones Proclaim Proclaimed Proclaimers Public Publish Published Tidings Women WordJump to Next Announced Bore Command Company Female Gives Good Great Host Numerous Ones Proclaim Proclaimed Proclaimers Public Publish Published Tidings Women WordLinks Psalm 68:11 NIVPsalm 68:11 NLT Psalm 68:11 ESV Psalm 68:11 NASB Psalm 68:11 KJV Psalm 68:11 BibleApps.com Psalm 68:11 Biblia Paralela Psalm 68:11 Chinese Bible Psalm 68:11 French Bible Psalm 68:11 Clyx Quotations OT Poetry: Psalm 68:11 The Lord announced the word (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
   
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