Psalms 98:8
6 With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the LORD, the King.
7 Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it.
Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy
9 before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy
- KJV
- Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
- WEB
- Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together.
- ASV
- Let the floods clap their hands; Let the hills sing for joy together
- DARBY
- Let the floods clap [their] hands; let the mountains sing for joy together,
- BLB
- Let the rivers clap the hands; let the hills cry aloud together,
- ÅB
- Strømmene klappe i hender, fjellene juble alle sammen
- OTB
- La elvene klappe i hendene av glede,
la fjellene synge med jubel - B1930
- Strømmene klappe i hender, fjellene juble alle sammen
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 55:12
You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
Read in contextPsalms 89:12
North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
Read in contextPsalms 65:12–13
The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy.
Read in contextPsalms 93:3
The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
Read in contextPsalms 47:1
Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.
Read in context2 Kings 11:12
Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”
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