Psalm 68:15 “A mountain of God is Mount Bashan; a mountain of many peaks is Mount B…”

Psalm 68:15

A mountain of God is Mount Bashan; a mountain of many peaks is Mount Bashan.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.

World English Bible

The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains. The mountains of Bashan are rugged.

American Standard Version

A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A high mountain is the mountain of Bashan.

Geneva Bible 1599

The mountaine of God is like the mountaine of Bashan: it is an high Mountaine, as mount Bashan.

Darby Translation

[As] mount Bashan is the mount of God, a many-peaked mountain, [as] mount Bashan.

Young's Literal Translation

A hill of God [is] the hill of Bashan, A hill of heights [is] the hill of Bashan.

Bible in Basic English

A hill of God is the hill of Bashan; a hill with high tops is the hill of Bashan.

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Cross references

“of God”

Psalm 2:6 Psalm 78:68 Psalm 78:69 Psalm 87:1 Psalm 87:2 Isaiah 2:2

Psalm 2:6 · BSB

“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”

Psalm 78:68 · BSB

But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

Psalm 78:69 · BSB

He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.

Psalm 87:1 · BSB

He has founded His city on the holy mountains.

Psalm 87:2 · BSB

The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

Isaiah 2:2 · BSB

In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.

“of Bashan”

Deuteronomy 3:10 Micah 7:14

Deuteronomy 3:10 · BSB

all the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead, and all of Bashan as far as the cities of Salecah and Edrei in the kingdom of Og.

Micah 7:14 · BSB

Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it was like the snow falling on Zalmon.

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.

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