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Praise the LORD from the Heavens

Psalms 148:5

In 11 translations

BSB
Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created.
KJV
Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.
WEB
Let them praise Yahweh’s name, for he commanded, and they were created.
ASV
Let them praise the name of Jehovah; For he commanded, and they were created.
LSV
They praise the Name of YHWH, || For He commanded, and they were created.
YLT
They do praise the name of Jehovah, For He commanded, and they were created.
DBY
Let them praise the name of Jehovah, for he it is that commanded, and they were created:
DRC
Praise the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and they were made: he commanded, and they were created.
GNV
Let them prayse the Name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.
JPS
Let them praise the name of the LORD; for He commanded, and they were created.
LXXE
Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he spoke, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created.

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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
יְֽ֭הַֽלְלוּ אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֤י ה֭וּא צִוָּ֣ה וְנִבְרָֽאוּ׃
LXX-Br
Αἰνεσάτωσαν τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου· ὅτι αὐτὸς εἶπεν καὶ ἐγενήθησαν, αὐτὸς ἐνετείλατο καὶ ἐκτίσθησαν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Revelation 4:11“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
  • Genesis 1:6And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”
  • Psalms 33:6–9By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth. He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses. Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people…
  • Genesis 1:1–2In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
  • Jeremiah 10:11–13Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.” The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His…
  • Psalms 95:5The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.
  • Amos 9:6He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.

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