Psalm 68:17
New International Version
The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.

New Living Translation
Surrounded by unnumbered thousands of chariots, the Lord came from Mount Sinai into his sanctuary.

English Standard Version
The chariots of God are twice ten thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.

Berean Standard Bible
The chariots of God are tens of thousands—thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.

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

New King James Version
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, Even thousands of thousands; The Lord is among them as in Sinai, in the Holy Place.

New American Standard Bible
The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.

NASB 1995
The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.

NASB 1977
The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.

Legacy Standard Bible
The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.

Amplified Bible
The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them as He was at Sinai, in holiness.

Christian Standard Bible
God’s chariots are tens of thousands, thousands and thousands; the Lord is among them in the sanctuary as he was at Sinai.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
God’s chariots are tens of thousands, thousands and thousands; the Lord is among them in the sanctuary as He was at Sinai.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
God rides in ten thousands and thousands of hosts, LORD JEHOVAH among them of Sinai in his Holiness.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The chariots of God are ten thousand fold, thousands of rejoicing ones: the Lord is among them, in Sina, in the holy place.

Contemporary English Version
When you, LORD God, appeared to your people at Sinai, you came with thousands of mighty chariots.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The chariot of God is attended by ten thousands; thousands of them that rejoice: the Lord is among them in Sina, in the holy place.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The chariots of God are twenty thousand in number, thousands upon thousands. The Lord is among them. [The God of] Sinai is in his holy place.

Good News Translation
With his many thousands of mighty chariots the Lord comes from Sinai into the holy place.

International Standard Version
God's chariots were many thousands. The Lord was there with them at Sinai in holiness.

JPS Tanakh 1917
The chariots of God are myriads, even thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in holiness.

Literal Standard Version
The chariots of God [are] myriads, thousands of changes, | The Lord [is] among them, in Sinai, in the sanctuary.

Majority Standard Bible
The chariots of God are tens of thousands—thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.

New American Bible
God’s chariots were myriad, thousands upon thousands; from Sinai the Lord entered the holy place.

NET Bible
God has countless chariots; they number in the thousands. The Lord comes from Sinai in holy splendor.

New Revised Standard Version
With mighty chariotry, twice ten thousand, thousands upon thousands, the Lord came from Sinai into the holy place.

New Heart English Bible
The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, from Sinai, in holiness.

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

World English Bible
The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.

Young's Literal Translation
The chariots of God are myriads, thousands of changes, The Lord is among them, in Sinai, in the sanctuary.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
God's Enemies Are Scattered
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. 17The chariots of God are tens of thousands— thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai. 18You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:2
He said: "The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.

2 Kings 6:17
Then Elisha prayed, "O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see." And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

Isaiah 66:15
For behold, the LORD will come with fire--His chariots are like a whirlwind--to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.

Daniel 7:10
A river of fire was flowing, coming out from His presence. Thousands upon thousands attended Him, and myriads upon myriads stood before Him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.

Habakkuk 3:8
Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?


Treasury of Scripture

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

chariots

Psalm 18:10
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

Deuteronomy 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.

2 Kings 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.

thousands.

Exodus 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.

Exodus 19:22,23
And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them…

Jump to Previous
Angels Changes Chariots Holiness Holy Israel's Mighty Myriads Sanctuary Sinai Ten Tens Thousand Thousands Twenty Twice War-Carriage
Jump to Next
Angels Changes Chariots Holiness Holy Israel's Mighty Myriads Sanctuary Sinai Ten Tens Thousand Thousands Twenty Twice War-Carriage
Psalm 68
1. A prayer at the removing of the ark
4. An exhortation to praise God for his mercies
7. for his care of the church
19. for his great works














(17) The chariots.--As the text stands, this verse can only be brought into harmony with the context by a certain violence to grammar. Its literal reading is, God's chariots, two myriads of thousands, and again myriads of thousands (literally, of repetition), the Lord among them, Sinai in holiness; which, by strict rule, must mean: "God's chariots are innumerable, and the Lord rides in them to Sinai, into the holy place." But this rendering is quite against the whole tenor of the passage, which is descriptive of a march from, not to, Sinai. Hence some suggest the rendering, "The Lord is among them--a Sinai in holiness," meaning that Zion has become Sinai, a common enough figure in poetry (comp. In medio Tibure Sardinia est--Mart. 4:60), but only discovered here by a roundabout process. There can hardly be a question as to the propriety of the emendation suggested by Dr. Perowne, The Lord is with them; He has come from Sinai into the holy place. (Comp. Deuteronomy 32:2, which was undoubtedly in the poet's mind.)

Of angels.--This rendering arose from a confusion of the word which means repetition with a word which means shining. LXX., "of flourishing ones"; Vulg., "of rejoicing ones." But the mistake is a happy one, and Milton's sonorous lines have well caught the feeling and music of the Hebrew:--

"About His chariots numberless were poured

Cherub and seraph, potentates and thrones,

And virtues, winged spirits and chariots winged,

From the armoury of God, where stand of old

Myriads." Paradise Lost, vii. 196.

Verse 17. - The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels. Another abrupt transition. The psalmist sees God move from Sinai, where he had represented him as present in ver. 8, into the sanctuary of Mount Zion. He is, of course, accompanied by his angelic host. This is described as a host of chariots (comp. 2 Kings 6:17) -twenty thousand in number, and "thousands of repetition" - or thousands multiplied by thousands, as Hengstenberg understands the phrase (comp. Daniel 7:10). The Lord (Jehovah) is among them; or, "in their midst." As in Sinai, in the holy place; rather, Sinai is in the sanctuary. The glories of Sinai are, as it were, transferred thither.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The chariots
רֶ֤כֶב (re·ḵeḇ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7393: A vehicle, a team, cavalry, a rider, the upper millstone

of God
אֱלֹהִ֗ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

[are] tens of thousands—
רִבֹּתַ֣יִם (rib·bō·ṯa·yim)
Number - fd
Strong's 7239: A myriad, large number

thousands
אַלְפֵ֣י (’al·p̄ê)
Number - masculine plural construct
Strong's 505: A thousand

of thousands [are they];
שִׁנְאָ֑ן (šin·’ān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8136: Change, repetition

the Lord
אֲדֹנָ֥י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 136: The Lord

[is] in
בָ֝֗ם (ḇām)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

His sanctuary
בַּקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ (baq·qō·ḏeš)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity

[as He was at] Sinai.
סִינַ֥י (sî·nay)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 5514: Sinai -- the mountain where the law was given


Links
Psalm 68:17 NIV
Psalm 68:17 NLT
Psalm 68:17 ESV
Psalm 68:17 NASB
Psalm 68:17 KJV

Psalm 68:17 BibleApps.com
Psalm 68:17 Biblia Paralela
Psalm 68:17 Chinese Bible
Psalm 68:17 French Bible
Psalm 68:17 Catholic Bible

OT Poetry: Psalm 68:17 The chariots of God are tens (Psalm Ps Psa.)
Psalm 68:16
Top of Page
Top of Page