mountains and all hills; fruit trees and all cedars;
Parallel translations
- KJV Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
- BSB mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,
- NKJV Mountains and all hills; Fruitful trees and all cedars;
- NASB Mountains and all hills; Fruit trees and all cedars;
- NLT mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Isa 44:23Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.
- Isa 49:13Sing, heavens; and be joyful, earth; and break out into singing, mountains: for Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.
- Isa 55:12–13For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace. The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands.
- Ps 98:7–9Let the sea roar with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.
- Ps 97:4–5His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles.
- Ps 114:3–7The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.
- Ps 65:12–13The wilderness grasslands overflow. The hills are clothed with gladness.
- Isa 42:11Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices, with the villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing. Let them shout from the top of the mountains!
- Isa 64:1Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence.
- Ezek 36:1–15You, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, You mountains of Israel, hear Yahweh’s word.
- Ps 96:11–13Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and its fullness!
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