The Lord gives the command; a great company of women proclaim it:
Parallel translations
- WEB The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company.
- KJV The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
- NKJV The Lord gave the word; Great was the company of those who proclaimed it:
- NASB ¶The Lord gives the command; The women who proclaim good news are a great army:
- NLT The Lord gives the word, and a great army brings the good news.
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Quick answer
The Lord gives the word, and a great company proclaims it. It celebrates the spread of God's announced victory.
Overview
David describes the Lord issuing a word, likely of victory, which a great host then proclaims. God's mighty acts generate widespread testimony. This anticipates the gospel word that the Lord gives and a great company of heralds carries to the world in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Exod 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
- Ps 40:3He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
- Ps 68:25The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
- Exod 17:9–16So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”
- Exod 14:15Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.
- Judg 4:6She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.
- Rev 19:13He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God.
- Eph 4:11And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
- 1 Sam 18:6As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.
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