Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and enter His courts.
Parallel translations
- WEB Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come into his courts.
- KJV Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
- NKJV Give to the Lord the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come into His courts.
- NASB Ascribe to the Lord the glory of His name; Bring an offering and come into His courtyards.
- NLT Give to the Lord the glory he deserves! Bring your offering and come into his courts.
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Quick answer
Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and come. Worship rightly includes both praise and reverent approach with gifts.
Overview
The nations are invited not only to honor God but to bring offerings into His courts. This pictures the peoples joining the worship once reserved for Israel. Through Christ, believers from all nations now draw near to God, offering themselves and their praise as living sacrifices (Romans 12:1; Hebrews 13:15).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Ps 100:4Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.
- Rom 12:1Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
- Exod 34:5–9And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.
- Heb 13:15–16Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
- Ps 108:3–5I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing Your praises among the peoples.
- Ps 72:10May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
- Ps 45:12The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.
- Mal 1:11For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Rev 8:3–4Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.
- Ps 148:13–14Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
- Phil 4:18I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
- Ps 111:9He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name.
- Isa 60:6–7Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.
- Phil 2:17But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
- Rom 15:16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
- Heb 13:13Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.
- 1 Pet 2:5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- Rev 15:4Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
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