¶The Lord gives the command; The women who proclaim good news are a great army:
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.
- BSB The Lord gives the command; a great company of women proclaim it:
- NKJV The Lord gave the word; Great was the company of those who proclaimed it:
- 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 15:20Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.
- 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 68:25The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, among the ladies playing with tambourines,
- Exod 17:9–16Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God’s rod in my hand.”
- Exod 14:15Yahweh said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward.
- Judg 4:6She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, “Hasn’t Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded, ‘Go and lead the way to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
- Rev 19:13He is clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood. His name is called “The Word of God.”
- Eph 4:11He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;
- 1 Sam 18:6As they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.
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