Parallel Verses

NET Bible

Give thanks to the Lord with the harp! Sing to him to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument!

New American Standard Bible

Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre;
Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings.

King James Version

Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

Holman Bible

Praise the Lord with the lyre;
make music to Him with a ten-stringed harp.

International Standard Version

With the lyre, give thanks to the LORD; with the ten stringed harp, play music to him;

A Conservative Version

Give thanks to LORD with the harp. Sing praises to him with the psaltery of ten strings.

American Standard Version

Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp: Sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings.

Amplified


Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre;
Sing praises to Him with the harp of ten strings.

Bible in Basic English

Give praise to the Lord on the corded instrument; make melody to him with instruments of music.

Darby Translation

Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp; sing psalms unto him with the ten-stringed lute.

Julia Smith Translation

Confess to Jehovah upon the harp: upon an instrument of ten strings play ye to him.

King James 2000

Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Give thanks to Yahweh with [the] lyre; with a harp of ten strings play to him.

Modern King James verseion

Praise Jehovah with lyre; sing to Him with a harp of ten strings.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Praise the LORD with harp; sing psalms unto him with the lute and instrument of ten strings.

New Heart English Bible

Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre. Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.

The Emphasized Bible

Give ye thanks unto Yahweh with the lyre, With a harp of ten strings, make ye music unto him.

Webster

Praise the LORD with harp: sing to him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

World English Bible

Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre. Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.

Youngs Literal Translation

Give ye thanks to Jehovah with a harp, With psaltery of ten strings sing praise to Him,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the Lord

Usage: 0

with harp
כּנּור 
Kinnowr 
Usage: 42

זמר 
Zamar 
Usage: 46

unto him with the psaltery
נבל נבל 
Nebel 
Usage: 38

References

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Easton

Fausets

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Character And Creation

1 You godly ones, shout for joy because of the Lord! It is appropriate for the morally upright to offer him praise. 2 Give thanks to the Lord with the harp! Sing to him to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument! 3 Sing to him a new song! Play skillfully as you shout out your praises to him!

Cross References

Psalm 144:9

O God, I will sing a new song to you! Accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, I will sing praises to you,

Psalm 92:3

to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre, to the accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp.

Exodus 15:20

Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a hand-drum in her hand, and all the women went out after her with hand-drums and with dances.

2 Samuel 6:5

while David and all Israel were energetically celebrating before the Lord, singing and playing various stringed instruments, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals.

1 Chronicles 15:16

David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint some of their relatives as musicians; they were to play various instruments, including stringed instruments and cymbals, and to sing loudly and joyfully.

1 Chronicles 15:28

All Israel brought up the ark of the Lord's covenant; they were shouting, blowing trumpets, sounding cymbals, and playing stringed instruments.

1 Chronicles 25:3

From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah -- six in all, under supervision of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied as he played a harp, giving thanks and praise to the Lord.

1 Chronicles 25:6

All of these were under the supervision of their fathers; they were musicians in the Lord's temple, playing cymbals and stringed instruments as they served in God's temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the supervision of the king.

Psalm 71:22

I will express my thanks to you with a stringed instrument, praising your faithfulness, O my God! I will sing praises to you accompanied by a harp, O Holy One of Israel!

Psalm 81:2-3

Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument!

Psalm 98:4-5

Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth! Break out in a joyful shout and sing!

Psalm 149:3

Let them praise his name with dancing! Let them sing praises to him to the accompaniment of the tambourine and harp!

Psalm 150:3-6

Praise him with the blast of the horn! Praise him with the lyre and the harp!

Revelation 5:8

and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground before the Lamb. Each of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints).

Revelation 14:2

I also heard a sound coming out of heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. Now the sound I heard was like that made by harpists playing their harps,

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