Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Praise the Lord with the lyre;
make music to Him with a ten-stringed harp.

New American Standard Bible

Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre;
Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings.

King James Version

Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

International Standard Version

With the lyre, give thanks to the LORD; with the ten stringed harp, play music to him;

A Conservative Version

Give thanks to LORD with the harp. Sing praises to him with the psaltery of ten strings.

American Standard Version

Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp: Sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings.

Amplified


Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre;
Sing praises to Him with the harp of ten strings.

Bible in Basic English

Give praise to the Lord on the corded instrument; make melody to him with instruments of music.

Darby Translation

Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp; sing psalms unto him with the ten-stringed lute.

Julia Smith Translation

Confess to Jehovah upon the harp: upon an instrument of ten strings play ye to him.

King James 2000

Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Give thanks to Yahweh with [the] lyre; with a harp of ten strings play to him.

Modern King James verseion

Praise Jehovah with lyre; sing to Him with a harp of ten strings.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Praise the LORD with harp; sing psalms unto him with the lute and instrument of ten strings.

NET Bible

Give thanks to the Lord with the harp! Sing to him to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument!

New Heart English Bible

Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre. Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.

The Emphasized Bible

Give ye thanks unto Yahweh with the lyre, With a harp of ten strings, make ye music unto him.

Webster

Praise the LORD with harp: sing to him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

World English Bible

Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre. Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.

Youngs Literal Translation

Give ye thanks to Jehovah with a harp, With psaltery of ten strings sing praise to Him,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the Lord

Usage: 0

with harp
כּנּור 
Kinnowr 
Usage: 42

זמר 
Zamar 
Usage: 46

unto him with the psaltery
נבל נבל 
Nebel 
Usage: 38

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Character And Creation

1 Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones;
praise from the upright is beautiful.
2 Praise the Lord with the lyre;
make music to Him with a ten-stringed harp.
3 Sing a new song to Him;
play skillfully on the strings, with a joyful shout.


Cross References

Psalm 144:9

God, I will sing a new song to You;
I will play on a ten-stringed harp for You

Psalm 92:3

with a ten-stringed harp
and the music of a lyre.

Exodus 15:20

Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with their tambourines and danced.

2 Samuel 6:5

David and the whole house of Israel were celebrating before the Lord with all kinds of fir wood instruments, lyres, harps, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.

1 Chronicles 15:16

Then David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers and to have them raise their voices with joy accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.

1 Chronicles 15:28

So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouts, the sound of the ram’s horn, trumpets, and cymbals, and the playing of harps and lyres.

1 Chronicles 25:3

From Jeduthun: Jeduthun’s sons:
Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six—under the authority of their father Jeduthun, prophesying to the accompaniment of lyres, giving thanks and praise to the Lord.

1 Chronicles 25:6

All these men were under their own fathers’ authority for the music in the Lord’s temple, with cymbals, harps, and lyres for the service of God’s temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the king’s authority.

Psalm 71:22

Therefore, I will praise You with a harp
for Your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing to You with a lyre,
Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 81:2-3

Lift up a song—play the tambourine,
the melodious lyre, and the harp.

Psalm 98:4-5

Shout to the Lord, all the earth;
be jubilant, shout for joy, and sing.

Psalm 149:3

Let them praise His name with dancing
and make music to Him with tambourine and lyre.

Psalm 150:3-6

Praise Him with trumpet blast;
praise Him with harp and lyre.

Revelation 5:8

When He took the scroll, the four living creatures and the 24 elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

Revelation 14:2

I heard a sound from heaven like the sound of cascading waters and like the rumbling of loud thunder. The sound I heard was also like harpists playing on their harps.

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