It Is Good to Sing Praises
Psalms 147:4
In 11 translations
- BSB
- He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.
- KJV
- He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
- WEB
- He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.
- ASV
- He counteth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names.
- LSV
- Appointing the number of the stars, || He gives names to all of them.
- YLT
- Appointing the number of the stars, To all them He giveth names.
- DBY
- He counteth the number of the stars; he giveth names to them all.
- DRC146:4
- Who telleth the number of the stars: and calleth them all by their names.
- GNV
- He counteth the nomber of the starres, and calleth them all by their names.
- JPS
- He counteth the number of the stars; He giveth them all their names.
- LXXE146:4
- He numbers the multitudes of stars; and calls them all by names.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- מוֹנֶ֣ה מִ֭סְפָּר לַכּוֹכָבִ֑ים לְ֝כֻלָּ֗ם שֵׁמ֥וֹת יִקְרָֽא׃
- LXX-Br146:4
- Ὁ ἀριθμῶν πλήθη ἄστρων, καὶ πᾶσιν αὐτοῖς ὀνόματα καλῶν.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 40:26Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
- Psalms 148:3Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.
- Psalms 8:3When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
- Genesis 15:5And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 146:4 in some Bibles
- 147:4 in most Bibles