Let the field and all that is in it exult! Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy
Parallel translations
- KJV Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
- BSB Let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy
- NKJV Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice before the Lord.
- NASB May the field be jubilant, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy
- NLT Let the fields and their crops burst out with joy! Let the trees of the forest sing for joy
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 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.
- Isa 35:1The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
- Isa 42:10–11Sing 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.
- 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.
- Ps 65:12–13The wilderness grasslands overflow. The hills are clothed with gladness.
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