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Clap Your Hands, All You Peoples

Psalms 47:7

In 11 translations

BSB
For God is King of all the earth; sing profound praises to Him.Or sing a Maskil of praise or sing praises with understanding
KJV
For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.with: or, every one that hath
WEB
For God is the King of all the earth. Sing praises with understanding.
ASV
For God is the King of all the earth: Sing ye praises with understanding.
LSV
For God [is] King of all the earth, || Give praise, O understanding one.
YLT
For king of all the earth [is] God, Give praise, O understanding one.
DBY
For God is the King of all the earth; sing psalms with understanding.Elohim
DRC46:8
For God is the king of all the earth: sing ye wisely.
GNV
For God is the King of all the earth: sing prayses euery one that hath vnderstanding.
JPS47:8
For God is the King of all the earth; sing ye praises in a skilful song.
LXXE46:8
For God is king of all the earth: sing praises with understanding.

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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

WLC47:8
כִּ֤י מֶ֖לֶךְ כָּל־הָאָ֥רֶץ אֱלֹהִ֗ים זַמְּר֥וּ מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃KJV:Ps.47.7
LXX-Br46:8
Ὅτι βασιλεὺς πάσης τῆς γῆς ὁ Θεὸς, ψάλατε συνετῶς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Zechariah 14:9On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.
  • Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
  • Psalms 47:8God reigns over the nations; God is seated on His holy throne.
  • Revelation 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
  • Psalms 47:2How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!
  • 1 Corinthians 14:14–15For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. What then shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 47:8 in some Bibles
  • 47:7 in most Bibles

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