The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThe singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.
The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
Singers have been before, Behind are players on instruments, In the midst virgins playing with timbrels.
The singers went before, the players on stringed instruments after, in the midst of maidens playing on tabrets.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentPsalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.
- Author
- David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
- Date
- Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.