Psalms 68:22

Easy-to-Read Version

My Lord said, "If they run up to Bashan or down to the depths of the sea, I will bring them back.

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
The Lord says, "I will bring my enemies down from Bashan; I will bring them up from the depths of the sea.

English Revised Version
The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring them again from the depths of the sea:

Update Bible Version
The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring [them] again from the depths of the sea;

New Century Version
The Lord said, "I will bring the enemy back from Bashan; I will bring them back from the depths of the sea.

New English Translation
The Lord says, "I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

Webster's Bible Translation
The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring [my people] again from the depths of the sea.

World English Bible
The Lord said, "I will bring you again from Bashan, I will bring you again from the depths of the sea;

Amplified Bible
The Lord said, "I will bring your enemies back from Bashan; I will bring them back from the depths of the [Red] Sea,

English Standard Version
The Lord said, "I will bring them back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord seide, Y schal turne fro Basan; Y schal turne in to the depthe of the see.

Berean Standard Bible
The Lord said, "I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them up from the depths of the sea,

Contemporary English Version
You promised to bring them from Bashan and from the deepest sea.

American Standard Version
The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring them again from the depths of the sea;

Bible in Basic English
The Lord said, I will make them come back from Bashan, and from the deep parts of the sea;

Complete Jewish Bible
God will surely crush the heads of his enemies, the hairy crowns of those who continue in their guilt.

Darby Translation
The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring [them] again from the depth of the sea;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Surely God will smite through the head of His enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth about in his guiltiness.

King James Version (1611)
The Lord said, I will bring againe from Bashan, I will bring my people againe from the depthes of the sea:

New Life Bible
The Lord said, "I will bring them back from Bashan. I will bring them back from the bottom of the sea.

New Revised Standard
The Lord said, "I will bring them back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lord hath sayde, I will bring my people againe from Bashan: I will bring them againe from the depths of the Sea:

George Lamsa Translation
The LORD said, I will rescue my people from the cliffs, I will bring my people from the depths of the sea;

Good News Translation
The Lord has said, "I will bring your enemies back from Bashan; I will bring them back from the depths of the ocean,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Said My Lord, From Bashan, will I bring back, - I will bring back from the depths of the sea:

Douay-Rheims Bible
(67-23) The Lord said: I will turn them from Basan, I will turn them into the depth of the sea:

Revised Standard Version
The Lord said, "I will bring them back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The Lorde hath sayde, I wyll bryng [my people] agayne out from Basan: I wyll bryng [them] agayne out from the deepe of the sea.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The Lord said, I will bring again from Basan, I will bring my people again through the depths of the sea.

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan;I will bring them back from the depths of the sea

Hebrew Names Version
The Lord said, "I will bring you again from Bashan, I will bring you again from the depths of the sea;

King James Version
The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:

Lexham English Bible
The Lord said, "I will bring them back from Bashan; I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

Literal Translation
The Lord said, I will bring back from Bashan; I will bring back My people from the depths of the sea;

Young's Literal Translation
The Lord said: `From Bashan I bring back, I bring back from the depths of the sea.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The LORDE hath sayde: some wil I bringe agayne from Basan, some wil I bringe agayne fro the depe of the see.

New American Standard Bible
The Lord said, "I will bring them back from Bashan. I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

New King James Version
The Lord said, "I will bring back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The Lord said, "I will bring them back from Bashan. I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;

Legacy Standard Bible
The Lord said, "I will bring them back from Bashan.I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;

Contextual Overview

²² My Lord said, "If they run up to Bashan or down to the depths of the sea, I will bring them back. ²³ So you will march through pools of their blood, and there will be plenty left for your dogs." ²⁴ God, everyone can see your victory parade— the victory march of my God and King into his holy place! ²⁵ Singers come marching in front, followed by the musicians; they are surrounded by young girls playing tambourines. ²⁶ Praise God in the meeting place. Praise the Lord , people of Israel! ²⁷ There is the smallest tribe, Benjamin, leading them. And there comes a large group of leaders from Judah. Following them are the leaders of Zebulun and Naphtali. ²⁸ God, show us your power! Show us the power you used for us in the past. ²⁹ Kings will bring their wealth to you, to your Temple in Jerusalem. ³⁰ Punish the people in Egypt. They are like cattle in the marshes, like bulls among the calves. You humiliated them. You scattered them in war. Now let them come crawling to you, bringing their pieces of silver. ³¹ Messengers from Egypt will come bearing gifts. Ethiopia will offer God their tribute.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Bashan: Numbers 21:33, Isaiah 11:11-16, Isaiah 49:22

the depths: Exodus 14:22, Exodus 14:29, Isaiah 51:10, Isaiah 51:11, Jeremiah 23:5-8, Ezekiel 36:24, Hosea 1:10, Hosea 1:11

Reciprocal: Psalms 126:3 - General Isaiah 11:12 - shall assemble Isaiah 27:12 - beat off Micah 7:15 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord said,.... Within himself, in his own heart; he resolved upon it in his mind; or he said it in council and in covenant; he undertook and engaged to do what follows; or he spoke of it in promise and in prophecy, as what would be done;

I will bring again from Bashan; as he delivered his people from Og king of Bashan formerly, Numbers 21:33; so he purposed and promised to ransom them out of the hands of him that was stronger than they; to recover them from the strong man armed, and deliver them from the power of darkness, and translate them into his own kingdom, and save them from all the bulls of Bashan; see Psalms 22:12; to which text Jarchi refers in the exposition of this; though some understand it of the fat and great ones of the earth, of the conversion of kings and princes,

Psalms 22:29;

I will bring [my people] again from the depths of the sea; out of the most wretched and desperate condition, out of the depths of sin and misery; out of an helpless and hopeless state, in which they were through the fall, and their actual transgressions: the allusion is to the bringing of the children of Israel through the Red sea, and out of the depths of it, unto dry land: the Targum interprets the whole of the resurrection of the righteous, whether devoured by wild beasts, or drowned in the sea; see Revelation 20:13; some interpret the passage of the Lord's gathering of his people, in the effectual calling, from the east and from the west; from the east, signified by Bashan; and from the west, by the depths of the sea; see Isaiah 43:5.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan - On the situation of Bashan, see the notes at Psalms 68:15. There may be an allusion here to the victory achieved over Og, king of Bashan, in the time of Moses, Numbers 21:33-35. The idea may be that as, at that time, a victory was achieved over a formidable enemy, so in times of similar peril, God would deliver his people, and save them from danger. Or, as Bashan was the remote frontier of the holy land, the meaning may be, that God would bring his people from the remotest borders where they should be scattered. Another meaning is suggested by Professor Alexander, namely, that as the subject referred to in the subsequent verses is the “enemy” of God, the meaning may be that God would bring back his enemies for punishment, even from the remotest borders, when they were endeavoring to escape, and even when they supposed they were safe. The first of these opinions is probably the true one. God would rescue his people, as he had done from the attacks of the mighty king of Bashan; he would deliver them, as he had brought their fathers from the depths of the sea.

I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea - The words “my people” are not in the Hebrew, but they seem to be not improperly supplied by the translators. If so, the allusion is to the interposition of God in conducting his people through the Red Sea Exodus 14:22; and the idea is, that God would at all times interpose in their behalf, and deliver them from similar dangers.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 68:22. From the depths of the sea — All this seems to speak of the defeat of the Egyptians, and the miraculous passage of the Red Sea.