Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Envoys will come from Egypt; Cush will submit herself to God. New Living Translation Let Egypt come with gifts of precious metals; let Ethiopia bring tribute to God. English Standard Version Nobles shall come from Egypt; Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God. Berean Standard Bible Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God. King James Bible Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. New King James Version Envoys will come out of Egypt; Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God. New American Standard Bible Messengers will come from Egypt; Cush will quickly stretch out her hands to God. NASB 1995 Envoys will come out of Egypt; Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God. NASB 1977 Envoys will come out of Egypt; Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God. Legacy Standard Bible Envoys will come out of Egypt; Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God. Amplified Bible Princes and envoys shall come from Egypt; Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands [with the offerings of submission] to God. Christian Standard Bible Ambassadors will come from Egypt; Cush will stretch out its hands to God. Holman Christian Standard Bible Ambassadors will come from Egypt; Cush will stretch out its hands to God. American Standard Version Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall haste to stretch out her hands unto God. Contemporary English Version Force the Egyptians to bring gifts of bronze; make the Ethiopians hurry to offer presents. English Revised Version Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall haste to stretch out her hands unto God. GOD'S WORD® Translation Ambassadors will come from Egypt. Sudan will stretch out its hands to God [in prayer]. Good News Translation Ambassadors will come from Egypt; the Ethiopians will raise their hands in prayer to God. International Standard Version Envoys will come from Egypt. Let the Ethiopians stretch out their hands to God. Majority Standard Bible Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God. NET Bible They come with red cloth from Egypt, Ethiopia voluntarily offers tribute to God. New Heart English Bible Envoys shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God. Webster's Bible Translation Princes shall come out of Egypt; Cush shall soon stretch out her hands to God. World English Bible Princes shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFat ones come out of Egypt, "" Cush causes her hands to run to God. Young's Literal Translation Come do fat ones out of Egypt, Cush causeth her hands to run to God. Smith's Literal Translation The rich shall come out of Egypt; Cush shall cause its hand to run to God. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims Bibleambassadors shall come out of Egypt: Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Let bronze be brought from Egypt, Ethiopia hurry its hands to God. New Revised Standard Version Let bronze be brought from Egypt; let Ethiopia hasten to stretch out its hands to God. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAmbassadors shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Ambassadors will come from Egypt and Cush will yield the hand to God. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Nobles shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hands unto God. Brenton Septuagint Translation Ambassadors shall arrive out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hand readily to God. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God's Enemies Are Scattered…30Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war. 31Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God. 32Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth; sing praises to the Lord—Selah… Cross References Isaiah 19:21-25 The LORD will make Himself known to Egypt, and on that day Egypt will acknowledge the LORD. They will worship with sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and fulfill them. / And the LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; He will strike them but heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them. / In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together. ... Zephaniah 3:10 From beyond the rivers of Cush My worshipers, My scattered people, will bring Me an offering. Isaiah 45:14 This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’” Acts 8:27-39 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship, / and on his return was sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet. / The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.” ... Isaiah 60:6-9 Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD. / All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house. / Who are these who fly like clouds, like doves to their shelters? ... Zechariah 14:16-19 Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. / And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them. / And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then the rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. ... Psalm 72:10-11 May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts. / May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him. Isaiah 11:11 On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. Isaiah 18:7 At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD of Hosts—from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people widely feared, from a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers—to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD of Hosts. Matthew 2:11 On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh. Isaiah 60:3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. Revelation 21:24-26 By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory. / Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there. / And into the city will be brought the glory and honor of the nations. Isaiah 66:18-20 “And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory. / I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations. / And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.” 1 Kings 10:1-2 Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions. / She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind. Jeremiah 13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil. Treasury of Scripture Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God. Princes Psalm 72:8-11 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth… Isaiah 19:18-25 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction… Isaiah 45:14 Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God. Ethiopia Zephaniah 3:10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. Acts 8:27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, stretch Psalm 44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; Psalm 88:9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. Psalm 143:6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. Jump to Previous Bronze Causeth Cush Egypt Envoys Ethiopia Fat Great Hands Haste Hasten Herself Hurry Kings Nobles Offerings Ones Pathros Princes Quickly Run Silver Soon Stretch Stretching SubmitJump to Next Bronze Causeth Cush Egypt Envoys Ethiopia Fat Great Hands Haste Hasten Herself Hurry Kings Nobles Offerings Ones Pathros Princes Quickly Run Silver Soon Stretch Stretching SubmitPsalm 68 1. A prayer at the removing of the ark4. An exhortation to praise God for his mercies 7. for his care of the church 19. for his great works Envoys will arrive from Egypt The phrase "Envoys will arrive" suggests a future event where representatives or messengers are sent. In the Hebrew text, the word for "envoys" can be linked to the idea of ambassadors or those who carry a message of significance. This implies a recognition of authority and a willingness to engage diplomatically. Historically, Egypt was a powerful nation, often seen as a symbol of worldly strength and influence. The arrival of envoys from Egypt signifies a turning point where even the mightiest of nations acknowledge the sovereignty of God. This can be seen as a prophetic vision of nations coming to recognize the God of Israel, aligning with the broader biblical narrative of all nations ultimately acknowledging God's rule. Cush will stretch out her hands to God Ethiopia.--Literally, Cush shall make to run his hands to God, an idiom easily intelligible, expressing hasty submission. (32?35) A noble doxology, worthy of the close of one of the finest Hebrew hymns. Verse 31. - Princes shall come out of Egypt. Then shall princely ambassadors come to Zion out of Egypt, and make submission (comp. Isaiah 43:3; Isaiah 45:14). Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. The Ptolemies, in their wars with Syria, often sought the favour of the Jews. Christian Churches at an early date were established both in Egypt and in Abyssinia, and some of the most promising mission fields today are in Africa.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Envoysחַ֭שְׁמַנִּים (ḥaš·man·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2831: Ambassador will arrive יֶאֱתָ֣יוּ (ye·’ĕ·ṯā·yū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 857: To arrive from מִנִּ֣י (min·nî) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of Egypt; מִצְרָ֑יִם (miṣ·rā·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa Cush כּ֥וּשׁ (kūš) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3568: A son of Ham, also his descendants, also a land in the southern Nile Valley will stretch out תָּרִ֥יץ (tā·rîṣ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 7323: To run her hands יָ֝דָ֗יו (yā·ḏāw) Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular Strong's 3027: A hand to God. לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ (lê·lō·hîm) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Links Psalm 68:31 NIVPsalm 68:31 NLT Psalm 68:31 ESV Psalm 68:31 NASB Psalm 68:31 KJV Psalm 68:31 BibleApps.com Psalm 68:31 Biblia Paralela Psalm 68:31 Chinese Bible Psalm 68:31 French Bible Psalm 68:31 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 68:31 Princes shall come out of Egypt (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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