Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all his army!
Parallel translations
- KJV Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
- BSB Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His heavenly hosts.
- NKJV Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts!
- NASB Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His heavenly armies!
- NLT Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all the armies of heaven!
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ps 103:20–21Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word.
- Isa 6:2–4Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.
- Job 38:7when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
- Ezek 3:12Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, saying, “Blessed be Yahweh’s glory from his place.”
- Gen 2:1The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.
- Rev 5:11–13I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands;
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