Psalms 68:18 KJV

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.

Thou and Ye

  • thou one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • The presence of God in his churchThe ascension of Christ must here be meant, and thereto it is applied, Eph 4:8. He received as the purchase of his death, the gifts needful for the...

Thompson Chains

Parallel Passages

  • Psalms 78:60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Judges 5:12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
  • Psalms 47:5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
  • Psalms 78:60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
  • Psalms 24:3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
  • Psalms 110:1 <A Psalm of David.> The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

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Topics

Bible Dictionary

  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
  • God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Thou hast ascended עָלִיתָ ʿālîtā עָלָה Verb · qal perfect, second person masculine singular
  • on high לַמָּרוֹם lammārôm מָרוֹם Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the
  • thou hast led captivity שֶּׁבִי šebî שְׁבִי Noun · masculine or feminine singular
  • captive שָׁבִיתָ šābîtā שָׁבָה Verb · qal perfect, second person masculine singular
  • thou hast received לָקַחְתָּ lāqaḥtā לָקַח Verb · qal perfect, second person masculine singular
  • gifts מַתָּנוֹת mattānôt מַתָּנָה Noun · feminine plural
  • for men בָּאָדָם bāʾādām אָדָם Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the
  • yea, for the rebellious וְאַף wĕʾap Adverb · with and סוֹרְרִים sôrĕrîm סָרַר Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural
  • also, that the LORD יָהּ yāh יָהּ Proper name
  • God אֱלֹהִים ʾĕlōhîm אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural
  • might dwell לִשְׁכֹּן liškōn שָׁכַן Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition

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