Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

The Lord gave the command;
a great company of women brought the good news:

New American Standard Bible

The Lord gives the command;
The women who proclaim the good tidings are a great host:

King James Version

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

International Standard Version

The Lord issues a command. Numerous are the women who announce the news:

A Conservative Version

LORD gave the word. Great [was] the company of those who published [it].

American Standard Version

The Lord giveth the word: The women that publish the tidings are a great host.

Amplified


The Lord gives the command [to take Canaan];
The women who proclaim the good news are a great host (army);

Bible in Basic English

The Lord gives the word; great is the number of the women who make it public.

Darby Translation

The Lord gives the word: great the host of the publishers.

Julia Smith Translation

Jehovah will give the word: to those announcing good news a great army.

King James 2000

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The Lord gives [the] word. Great is the company of women who announce:

Modern King James verseion

The Lord gave the Word; the bearers of it were a great army.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The LORD gave the word; great was the company of the preachers.

NET Bible

The Lord speaks; many, many women spread the good news.

New Heart English Bible

The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company.

The Emphasized Bible

Let, My Lord, but give the word, The herald bands, will be a mighty host:

Webster

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

World English Bible

The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company.

Youngs Literal Translation

The Lord doth give the saying, The female proclaimers are a numerous host.

References

Context Readings

God's Majestic Power

10 Your people settled in it;
God, You provided for the poor by Your goodness.
11 The Lord gave the command;
a great company of women brought the good news:
12 “The kings of the armies flee—they flee!”
She who stays at home divides the spoil.


Cross References

Exodus 15:20

Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with their tambourines and danced.

Exodus 14:15

The Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to break camp.

Exodus 17:9-16

Moses said to Joshua, “Select some men for us and go fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with God’s staff in my hand.”

Judges 4:6-31

She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Hasn’t the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded you: ‘Go, deploy the troops on Mount Tabor, and take with you 10,000 men from the Naphtalites and Zebulunites?

1 Samuel 18:6

As the troops were coming back, when David was returning from killing the Philistine, the women came out from all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul, singing and dancing with tambourines, with shouts of joy, and with three-stringed instruments.

Psalm 40:3

He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the Lord.

Psalm 68:25

Singers lead the way,
with musicians following;
among them are young women
playing tambourines.

Ephesians 4:11

And He personally gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers,

Revelation 19:13

He wore a robe stained with blood, and His name is the Word of God.

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