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Psalms 68:6

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
Psalms 68:6 · King James Version

In other versions

  • God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

    ASV

  • Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.

    BBE

  • God maketh the solitary into families; those that were bound he bringeth out into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched [land].

    DBY

  • God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, But the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

    WEB

  • God -- causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only -- the refractory have inhabited a dry place.

    YLT

  • God sets the solitary in families: he brings out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

    ENG

  • A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

    WBT

  • God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

    BSB

In context

4Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.

5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

6God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

7O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:

8The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

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