Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare His works with rejoicing.
Parallel translations
- WEB Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.
- KJV And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
- BSB Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.
- NASB They shall also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, And tell of His works with joyful singing.
- NLT Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and sing joyfully about his glorious acts.
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Quick answer
Let them offer thank offerings and joyfully declare God's works with singing.
Overview
Beyond mere words, the delivered are to bring sacrifices of thanksgiving and proclaim God's deeds in song. True gratitude expresses itself in worship and witness. This points toward the New Testament call to offer the sacrifice of praise through Christ, the fruit of lips that confess his name.
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- Ps 50:14Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.
- Ps 9:11Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
- Ps 118:17I will not die, but live, and declare Yah’s works.
- Heb 13:15Through him, then, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.
- Ps 116:17I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on Yahweh’s name.
- Ps 105:1–2Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
- Isa 12:4In that day you will say, “Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name. Declare his doings among the peoples. Proclaim that his name is exalted!
- Ps 73:28But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
- Lev 7:12If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mixed with oil.
- 1 Pet 2:5You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- Ps 116:12What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?
- 1 Pet 2:9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
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