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Psalms 68:17

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 68:18.

רֶ֤כֶבrekhevmillstoneרֶכֶבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “millstone”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7393a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstonechariot, (upper) millstone, multitude (from the margin), wagon.אֱלֹהִ֗יםelohimGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “God”, the ordinary formH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.רִבֹּתַ֣יִםribotayimgreat thingsרִבּוֹadjective, cardinal, both genders, dual, absolute — “great things”, the ordinary formH7239a myriad, i.e. indefinitely, large numbergreat things, ten ((eight) -een, (for) -ty, [phrase] sixscore, [phrase] threescore, [idiom] twenty, (twen) -ty) thousand.אַלְפֵ֣יalfethousandאֶלֶףadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, construct — “thousand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousandthousand.שִׁנְאָ֑ןshinanchange, iשִׁנְאָןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “change, i”, the ordinary formH8136change, i.e. repetition[idiom] angels.אֲדֹנָ֥יadonayLordאֲדֹנָיnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “Lord”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH136the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)(my) Lord.בָ֝֗םvaminבָ֝֗םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in”inסִינַ֥יsinaySinaiסִינַיnoun, proper name — “Sinai”H5514Sinai, mountain of ArabiaSinai.בַּקֹּֽדֶשׁbaqodeshin consecratedקֹדֶשׁpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in consecrated”, the ordinary formH6944a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctityconsecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, ([idiom] most) holy ([idiom] day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(68-18) The chariots of God are myriads, even thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in holiness.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands: The Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the sanctuary.

Young’s Literal Translation

The chariots of God [are] myriads, thousands of changes, The Lord [is] among them, in Sinai, in the sanctuary.

World English Bible

The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.

Darby Translation

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them: it is a Sinai in holiness.

Douay-Rheims

Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(68-18) The chariots of God are myriads, even thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in holiness.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The chariots of God are ten thousand fold, thousands of rejoicing ones: the Lord is among them, in Sina, in the holy place.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τὸ ἅρμα τοῦ Θεοῦ μυριοπλάσιον, χιλιάδες εὐθηνούντων· Κύριος ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐν Σινὰ ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ.