Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with psaltery.
New American Standard Bible
The sweet sounding
King James Version
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Holman Bible
the melodious lyre, and the harp.
International Standard Version
Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant-sounding lyre along with the harp.
A Conservative Version
Raise a song, and bring here the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
American Standard Version
Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Amplified
Raise a song, sound the timbrel,
The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.
Bible in Basic English
Take up the melody, playing on an instrument of music, even on corded instruments.
Darby Translation
Raise a song, and sound the tambour, the pleasant harp with the lute.
Julia Smith Translation
Lift up music, and ye shall give the drum, the pleasant harp, with the lyre.
King James 2000
Take a psalm, and bring here the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Lift up a song and strike [the] tambourine, [the] pleasant lyre, together with [the] harp.
Modern King James verseion
Lift up a psalm, and bring the timbrel here, the pleasing lyre and harp.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Take the psalm, bring hither the tabret, the merry harp with the lute.
NET Bible
Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument!
New Heart English Bible
Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.
The Emphasized Bible
Raise a melody, and strike the timbrel, The lyre so sweet, with the harp:
Webster
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
World English Bible
Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.
Themes
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References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 81:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call To Obedience
1 To the Overseer. -- 'On the Gittith.' By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob. 2 Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with psaltery. 3 Blow in the month a trumpet, In the new moon, at the day of our festival,
Names
Cross References
Psalm 92:3
On ten strings and on psaltery, On higgaion, with harp.
Exodus 15:20
And Miriam the inspired one, sister of Aaron, taketh the timbrel in her hand, and all the women go out after her, with timbrels and with choruses;
Psalm 149:1-3
Praise ye Jah! Sing ye to Jehovah a new song, His praise in an assembly of saints.
Psalm 95:1-2
Come, we sing to Jehovah, We shout to the rock of our salvation.
Mark 14:26
And having sung an hymn, they went forth to the mount of the Olives,
Ephesians 5:19
speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to the Lord;
James 5:13
Doth any one suffer evil among you? let him pray; is any of good cheer? let him sing psalms;