Sing to him a new song. Play skillfully with a shout of joy!
Parallel translations
- KJV Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
- BSB Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy.
- NKJV Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy.
- NASB Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy.
- NLT Sing a new song of praise to him; play skillfully on the harp, and sing with joy.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Eph 5:19speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
- 1 Chr 25:7The number of them, with their brothers who were instructed in singing to Yahweh, even all who were skillful, was two hundred eighty-eight.
- Ps 96:1Sing to Yahweh a new song! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth.
- Isa 42:10Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.
- 1 Chr 13:8David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, with harps, with stringed instruments, with tambourines, with cymbals, and with trumpets.
- Ps 98:1A Psalm. Sing to Yahweh a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him.
- Col 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
- Ps 144:9I will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.
- Ps 40:3He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.
- Ps 149:1Praise Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints.
- Rev 5:9They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
- 2 Chr 34:12The men did the work faithfully. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to give direction; and others of the Levites, who were all skillful with musical instruments.
- 1 Chr 15:22Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the singing. He taught the singers, because he was skillful.
- Rev 14:3They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth.
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