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Psalms 68:17

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

KJV

Exaudi me, Domine, quoniam benigna est misericordia tua ; secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum respice in me.

Vulgate

εἰσάκουσόν μου, Κύριε, ὅτι χρηστὸν τὸ ἔλεός σου· κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν οἰκτειρμῶν σου ἐπίβλεψον ἐπ’ ἐμέ·

LXX

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands: The Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the sanctuary.

ASV

לָ֤/מָּה תְּֽרַצְּדוּ/ן֮ הָרִ֪ים גַּבְנֻ֫נִּ֥ים הָ/הָ֗ר חָמַ֣ד אֱלֹהִ֣ים לְ/שִׁבְתּ֑/וֹ אַף יְ֝הוָ֗ה יִשְׁכֹּ֥ן לָ/נֶֽצַח

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַף
'p
adverb · 133×
גַּ֝בְנֻנִּ֗ים
gbnnym
noun · 2×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
ן֮
n
pronoun · 1×
נֶ֑צַח
ntsch
noun · 43×
שַׁכֵּ֥ן
shkn
verb · 123×
תַחְמֹ֖ד
tchmd
verb · 28×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 3:16 — And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up int
  • 2Kgs 2:11 — And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
  • 2Kgs 6:16 — And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
  • 2Kgs 6:17 — And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of
  • Dan 7:10 — A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
  • Dan 7:10 — A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
  • Dan 7:13 — I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
  • Deut 33:2 — And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
  • Deut 33:2 — And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
  • Exod 3:5 — And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
  • Exod 14:7 — And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
  • Exod 19:22 — And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
  • Ezek 1:15 — Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
  • Gal 4:25 — For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
  • Hab 3:3 — God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
  • Hab 3:8 — Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?
  • Hab 3:8 — Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?
  • Heb 2:2 — For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
  • Isa 66:15 — For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
  • Luke 2:13 — And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
  • Matt 26:53 — Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
  • Ps 18:10 — And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
  • Ps 47:5 — God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
  • Rev 5:11 — And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
  • Rev 5:11 — And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
  • Rev 9:16 — And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
  • Rev 9:16 — And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
  • Zech 6:5 — And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the LORD of all the earth.