Parallel Verses
Amplified
Let the rivers clap their hands;
Let the mountains sing together for joy and delight
New American Standard Bible
Let the
King James Version
Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
Holman Bible
let the mountains shout together for joy
International Standard Version
let the rivers clap their hands in unison; and let the mountains sing for joy
A Conservative Version
Let the floods clap their hands. Let the hills sing for joy together
American Standard Version
Let the floods clap their hands; Let the hills sing for joy together
Darby Translation
Let the floods clap their hands; let the mountains sing for joy together,
Julia Smith Translation
The rivers shall clap the hand: the mountains shall rejoice together
King James 2000
Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
Lexham Expanded Bible
Let [the] rivers clap [their] hands. Let [the] hills sing joyfully together
Modern King James verseion
Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills be joyful together
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let the floods clap their hands, and let all the hills be joyful together
NET Bible
Let the rivers clap their hands! Let the mountains sing in unison
New Heart English Bible
Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together.
The Emphasized Bible
Let, the floods, clap their hands, Together, let, the mountains, make a joyful noise,
Webster
Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
World English Bible
Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together.
Youngs Literal Translation
Floods clap hand, together hills cry aloud,
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 98:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise The King
7
Let the sea thunder and roar, and all the things it contains,
The world and those who dwell in it.
Let the rivers clap their hands;
Let the mountains sing together for joy and delight
Before the Lord, for He is coming to judge the earth;
He will judge the world with righteousness
And the peoples with fairness.
Cross References
Isaiah 55:12
“For you will go out [from exile] with joy
And be led forth [by the Lord Himself] with peace;
The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you,
And all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
2 Kings 11:12
Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son and put the crown on him and gave him the Testimony [a copy of the Mosaic Law]; and they made him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, “Long live the king!”
Psalm 47:1
Shout to God with the voice of triumph and songs of joy.
Psalm 65:12-13
The pastures of the wilderness drip [with dew],
And the hills are encircled with joy.
Psalm 89:12
The north and the south, You have created them;
Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
Psalm 93:3
The floods have lifted up, O Lord,
The floods have lifted up their voice;
The floods lift up their pounding waves.