Psalm 68:22 “The Lord said, “I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them up…”

Psalm 68:22

The Lord said, “I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them up from the depths of the sea,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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,

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

The Lord hath sayde, I will bring my people againe from Bashan: I will bring them againe from the depths of the Sea:

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

The Lord said: 'From Bashan I bring back, I bring back 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;

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Cross references

“Bashan”

Numbers 21:33 Isaiah 11:11–16 Isaiah 49:22

Numbers 21:33 · BSB

Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet them in battle at Edrei.

Isaiah 11:11–16 · BSB

On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

Isaiah 49:22 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.

“the depths”

Ezekiel 36:24 Exodus 14:22 Exodus 14:29 Jeremiah 23:5–8 Isaiah 51:10 Isaiah 51:11

Ezekiel 36:24 · BSB

For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.

Exodus 14:22 · BSB

and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.

Exodus 14:29 · BSB

But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.

Jeremiah 23:5–8 · BSB

Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.

Isaiah 51:10 · BSB

Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?

Isaiah 51:11 · BSB

So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

Also

Amos 9:2–3

Amos 9:2–3 · BSB

Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.

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

In context

21Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.

23that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes— the tongues of your dogs in the same.”

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