Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Mount Bashan, majestic mountain, Mount Bashan, rugged mountain, New Living Translation The mountains of Bashan are majestic, with many peaks stretching high into the sky. English Standard Version O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan; O many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan! Berean Standard Bible A mountain of God is Mount Bashan; a mountain of many peaks is Mount Bashan. King James Bible The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan. New King James Version A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan. New American Standard Bible The mountain of Bashan is a mountain of God; The mountain of Bashan is a mountain of many peaks. NASB 1995 A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan. NASB 1977 A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan. Legacy Standard Bible A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan. Amplified Bible A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A [high] mountain of many summits is Mount Bashan [rising east of the Jordan]. Christian Standard Bible Mount Bashan is God’s towering mountain; Mount Bashan is a mountain of many peaks. Holman Christian Standard Bible Mount Bashan is God’s towering mountain; Mount Bashan is a mountain of many peaks. American Standard Version A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A high mountain is the mountain of Bashan. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The mountain of God, the mountains of Bayshan, the ridged mountains and mountains of Bayshan. Brenton Septuagint Translation The mountain of God is a rich mountain; a swelling mountain, a rich mountain. Contemporary English Version Our LORD and our God, Bashan is a mighty mountain covered with peaks. Douay-Rheims Bible The mountain of God is a fat mountain. A curdled mountain, a fat mountain. English Revised Version A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; an high mountain is the mountain of Bashan. GOD'S WORD® Translation The mountain of Bashan is the mountain of God. The mountain of Bashan is the mountain with many peaks. Good News Translation What a mighty mountain is Bashan, a mountain of many peaks! International Standard Version The mountain of God is as the mountain of Bashan; a mountain of many peaks is Mount Bashan. JPS Tanakh 1917 A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A mountain of peaks is the mountain of Bashan. Literal Standard Version A hill of God [is] the hill of Bashan, | A hill of heights [is] the hill of Bashan. Majority Standard Bible A mountain of God is Mount Bashan; a mountain of many peaks is Mount Bashan. New American Bible You mountain of God, mountain of Bashan, you rugged mountain, mountain of Bashan, NET Bible The mountain of Bashan is a towering mountain; the mountain of Bashan is a mountain with many peaks. New Revised Standard Version O mighty mountain, mountain of Bashan; O many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan! New Heart English Bible The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains. The mountains of Bashan are rugged. Webster's Bible Translation The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; a high hill as the hill of Bashan. World English Bible The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains. The mountains of Bashan are rugged. Young's Literal Translation A hill of God is the hill of Bashan, A hill of heights is the hill of Bashan. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God's Enemies Are Scattered…14When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it was like the snow falling on Zalmon. 15A mountain of God is Mount Bashan; a mountain of many peaks is Mount Bashan. 16Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.… Cross References Psalm 36:6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast. Psalm 68:16 Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever. Treasury of Scripture The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan. of God Psalm 2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. Psalm 78:68,69 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved… Psalm 87:1,2 A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah. His foundation is in the holy mountains… of Bashan Deuteronomy 3:10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. Micah 7:14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. Jump to Previous Bashan Heights High Hill Majestic Many-Peaked Mighty Mount Mountain Mountains Peaks Rugged TopsJump to Next Bashan Heights High Hill Majestic Many-Peaked Mighty Mount Mountain Mountains Peaks Rugged TopsPsalm 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 (15-18) A third retrospect follows--the third scene in the sacred drama of Israel's early fortunes. It sets forth the glory of God's chosen mountain. A finer passage could hardly be found. The towering ranges of Bashan--Hermon with its snowy peaks--are personified. They become, in the poet's imagination, envious of the distinction given to the petty heights of Judaea. (Perhaps a similar envy is implied in Psalm 133:3.) The contrast between the littleness of Palestine and the vast extent of the empires which hung upon its northern and southern skirts, is rarely absent from the minds of the prophets and psalmists. (See Isaiah 49:19-20.) Here the watchful jealousy with which these powers regarded Israel is represented by the figure of the high mountain ranges watching Zion (see Note below) like hungry beasts of prey ready to spring. And what do they see? The march of God Himself, surrounded by an army of angels, from Sinai to His new abode. (15) The hill of God is . . .--Better, "Mountain of God, mount Basan; Mountain of peaks, mount Basan." Even if the range of Hermon were not included, the basalt (basanite, probably from the locality) ranges, always rising up before the eyes of those looking eastward from Palestine, must have been doubly impressive from their superior height, and the contrast of their bold and rugged outlines with the monotonous rounded forms of the limestone hills of Judaea. And it is quite possible that, in a poetic allusion, the term "mountains of Bashan" might include all the heights to the eastward of Jordan, stretching southward as well as northward. There would then be an additional propriety in their introduction as jealously watching the march of Israel from Sinai to take possession of the promised land. Why these trans-Jordanic ranges should be styled "mountains of God" has been much discussed. Some explain the term to denote ancient seats of religious worship; others take it simply as a general term expressing grandeur--"a ridge of god-like greatness." Verse 15. - The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; rather, a mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan. A sudden transition, and perhaps a quotation from an ancient poem. The special object of the psalmist's thought is not Bashan, but Mount Zion; and what he is about to celebrate is Jehovah's choice of Mount Zion for his dwelling place, and his establishment on it. But he prefers to introduce the subject by a contrast with the great range of Canaan. Bashan, he says, is truly "a mountain of God" - i.e. a very great mountain (see the comment on Psalm 36:6) - "one which seemed in an especial degree to show forth creative power." It is also an high hill; or rather, a mountain of peaks, containing numerous pointed summits. Yet God did not choose one of these for his habitation.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew A mountainהַר־ (har-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country of God אֱ֭לֹהִים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative [is] the hill הַר־ (har-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country of Bashan; בָּשָׁ֑ן (bā·šān) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1316: Bashan -- 'smooth', a region East of the Jordan a mount הַ֥ר (har) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country of many peaks גַּ֝בְנֻנִּ֗ים (gaḇ·nun·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1386: A peak, rounded summit [is] Mount הַר־ (har-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country Bashan. בָּשָֽׁן׃ (bā·šān) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1316: Bashan -- 'smooth', a region East of the Jordan Links Psalm 68:15 NIVPsalm 68:15 NLT Psalm 68:15 ESV Psalm 68:15 NASB Psalm 68:15 KJV Psalm 68:15 BibleApps.com Psalm 68:15 Biblia Paralela Psalm 68:15 Chinese Bible Psalm 68:15 French Bible Psalm 68:15 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 68:15 The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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