Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!
Parallel translations
- KJV Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
- BSB Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.
- NKJV Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them.
- NASB ¶Heaven and earth shall praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them.
- NLT Praise him, O heaven and earth, the seas and all that move in them.
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- 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.
- Ps 150:6Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah!
- Ps 96:11Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and its fullness!
- Isa 55:12For 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 148:1–14Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh from the heavens! Praise him in the heights!
- Isa 44:22–23I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.
- Ps 98:7–8Let the sea roar with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.
- Rev 7:11–13All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God,
- Gen 1:20God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
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