Proverbia 68:25

Nova Vulgata

[68:26] Praecedunt cantores, postremi veniunt psallentes. in medio iuvenculae tympanistriae.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Effunde super eos iram tuam ; et furor ir� tu� comprehendat eos.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Effunde super eos iram tuam,
et furor ir� tu� comprehendat eos.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the players: Psalms 87:7, Psalms 150:3-5, Revelation 14:2, Revelation 14:3, Revelation 15:2, Revelation 15:3

among: Psalms 148:12, Psalms 148:13, Exodus 15:20, Judges 11:34, 1 Samuel 18:6, Jeremiah 31:4, Jeremiah 31:13

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 6:5 - David 1 Chronicles 6:32 - they ministered 1 Chronicles 13:8 - David 1 Chronicles 15:28 - with shouting 1 Chronicles 25:6 - for song 2 Chronicles 5:12 - an hundred 2 Chronicles 5:13 - with the trumpets Ezra 2:65 - two hundred Psalms 47:5 - God Psalms 68:11 - company Psalms 77:13 - Thy way Psalms 92:3 - instrument

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The singers went before,.... The apostles and ministers of the word, the sweet singers of Israel, the charmers that charm so very wisely: the Gospel is a joyful sound; it is like vocal music, harmonious and delightful; it is as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, as Ezekiel's ministry was, Ezekiel 33:32; it is a voice of love, grace, and mercy, of peace, pardon, and righteousness, and of eternal life and salvation by Christ; it is as music in the ears of sensible souls, when sounded forth, and sung out clearly and distinctly by the faithful ministers of it. The allusion seems to be to singers going before armies, when marching to battle, or returning with victory; see

2 Chronicles 20:21;

the players on instruments [followed] after; so the sweet strains of the Gospel, the melodious notes and distinguishing sounds of it, as well as the praises of God's people, are, in the New Testament, signified by harps, and men's playing upon them, Revelation 5:8;

amongst [them were] the damsels playing with timbrels; or "in the midst of the virgins playing [with] timbrels" u; or "beating on tabrets"; as women used to do when they met their kings returning from the conquest of their enemies; see 1 Samuel 18:6; these may be the pure and primitive churches of Christ, and the members thereof, rejoicing at the preaching of the Gospel, and praising God for the blessings of grace in it; in the midst of which the ministers of the word sung the new song of Gospel truths: and who may be compared to damsels or virgins for their beauty and comeliness through Christ; for their relation to him, being betrothed unto him; and for their strong and chaste affection for him; for their uncorruptness in doctrine and worship, and their uprightness in their lives and conversation, Revelation 14:4; the allusion may be to Miriam and the women with her at the Red sea, Exodus 15:20; and the Targum interprets the whole verse of Moses and Aaron singing at the Red sea, and of Miriam and the women playing with timbrels.

u בתוך עלמות "in medio puellarum", Pagninus, Montanus; "inter puellas", Junius Tremellius, Piscator so Cocceius, Gejerus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The singers went before - That is, in the removal of the ark; in the solemn procession referred to in the previous verse. “In” that procession those who sang preceded those who performed on instruments of music. Compare 1 Chronicles 13:8; 1 Chronicles 15:16. “The players on instruments followed after.” The different classes of performers would naturally be ranged together. In 1 Chronicles 13:8, the following instruments of music are mentioned as having been employed on a similar occasion, if not on this very occasion - harps, psalteries, timbrels, cymbals, and trumpets.

Among them were the damsels playing with timbrels - The true construction of the passage is, “Behind were the players in the midst of damsels playing.” The singers and the players were surrounded by these women playing on timbrels. The word rendered “playing with timbrels” - תפף tâphaph - means to strike, to beat; and hence, to strike or beat upon a timbrel. A timbrel is a kind of drum, a tabret, or tambourine, usually beaten with the fingers. See a description of it in the notes at Isaiah 5:12, under the word “tabret.” It is an instrument which has been in use from the remotest antiquity.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 68:25. The singers went before — This verse appears to be a description of the procession.