And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
Parallel translations
- WEB He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing.
- BSB He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.
- NKJV He brought out His people with joy, His chosen ones with gladness.
- NASB And He led out His people with joy, His chosen ones with a joyful shout.
- NLT So he brought his people out of Egypt with joy, his chosen ones with rejoicing.
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Quick answer
God brought His chosen people out with joy and singing. It matters because redemption gave rise to glad worship.
Overview
The deliverance from Egypt issued in rejoicing, as seen in the song at the sea (Exodus 15). God's saving acts evoke joyful praise from His redeemed. So too the greater redemption in Christ moves His people to sing of His salvation.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 35:10And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
- Acts 13:17The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.
- Jer 31:11–12For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
- Acts 7:36He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
- Isa 55:12For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
- Exod 15:1–21Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
- Isa 63:11–14Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?
- Isa 51:10–11Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
- Deut 4:37–38And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
- Ps 106:8–12Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
- Ps 78:52–53But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
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