Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy; New Living Translation Let the rivers clap their hands in glee! Let the hills sing out their songs of joy English Standard Version Let the rivers clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together Berean Standard Bible Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy King James Bible Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together New King James Version Let the rivers clap their hands; Let the hills be joyful together New American Standard Bible May the rivers clap their hands, May the mountains sing together for joy NASB 1995 Let the rivers clap their hands, Let the mountains sing together for joy NASB 1977 Let the rivers clap their hands; Let the mountains sing together for joy Legacy Standard Bible Let the rivers clap their hands, Let the mountains sing together for joy Amplified Bible Let the rivers clap their hands; Let the mountains sing together for joy and delight Christian Standard Bible Let the rivers clap their hands; let the mountains shout together for joy Holman Christian Standard Bible Let the rivers clap their hands; let the mountains shout together for joy American Standard Version Let the floods clap their hands; Let the hills sing for joy together Aramaic Bible in Plain English The rivers will clap hands together and the mountains will sing Brenton Septuagint Translation The rivers shall clap their hands together; the mountains shall exult. Contemporary English Version Order the rivers to clap their hands, and all the hills to sing together. Douay-Rheims Bible The rivers shall clap their hands, the mountains shall rejoice together English Revised Version Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together; GOD'S WORD® Translation Let the rivers clap their hands and the mountains sing joyfully Good News Translation Clap your hands, you rivers; you hills, sing together with joy before the LORD, International Standard Version let the rivers clap their hands in unison; and let the mountains sing for joy JPS Tanakh 1917 Let the floods clap their hands; Let the mountains sing for joy together; Literal Standard Version Floods clap hand, together hills cry aloud, Majority Standard Bible Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy New American Bible Let the rivers clap their hands, the mountains shout with them for joy, NET Bible Let the rivers clap their hands! Let the mountains sing in unison New Revised Standard Version Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills sing together for joy New Heart English Bible Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together. Webster's Bible Translation Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together World English Bible Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together. Young's Literal Translation Floods clap hand, together hills cry aloud, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Sing to the LORD a New Song…7Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it. 8Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy 9before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.… Cross References Psalm 47:1 Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph. Psalm 65:12 The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy. Psalm 65:13 The pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are decked with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing. Psalm 89:12 North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name. Psalm 93:3 The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves. Isaiah 44:23 Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel. 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. Treasury of Scripture Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together let the floods Psalm 47:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. 2 Kings 11:12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king. Isaiah 55:12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. hills Psalm 65:12,13 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side… Jump to Previous Aloud Clap Cry Floods Glad Hand Hands Hills Joy Joyful Mountains Rivers Sing Sounds Streams TogetherJump to Next Aloud Clap Cry Floods Glad Hand Hands Hills Joy Joyful Mountains Rivers Sing Sounds Streams TogetherPsalm 98 1. The psalmist exhorts the Jews4. The Gentiles 7. And all the creatures, to praise God (8) Clap their hands.--This expression, descriptive of the lapping sound of waves, occurs also in Isaiah 55:12. Let the hills be joyful together.-- "Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among, Leaps the live thunder! Not from one long cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers through her misty shroud Back to the joyous Alps who call to her aloud." BYRON: Childe Harold, canto iii. Verse 8. - Let the floods clap their hands. This bold metaphor occurs only here and in Isaiah 55:12, where the "trees" are asked to "clap their hands." Let the hills be joyful together before the Lord; or, sing for joy together; i.e. join with the rest of nature in expressing gladness.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Let the riversנְהָר֥וֹת (nə·hā·rō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5104: A stream, prosperity clap יִמְחֲאוּ־ (yim·ḥă·’ū-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 4222: To rub, strike the hands together their hands, כָ֑ף (ḵāp̄) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan let the mountains הָרִ֥ים (hā·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country sing together יַ֝֗חַד (ya·ḥaḏ) Adverb Strong's 3162: A unit, unitedly for joy יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃ (yə·ran·nê·nū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7442: To give a ringing cry Links Psalm 98:8 NIVPsalm 98:8 NLT Psalm 98:8 ESV Psalm 98:8 NASB Psalm 98:8 KJV Psalm 98:8 BibleApps.com Psalm 98:8 Biblia Paralela Psalm 98:8 Chinese Bible Psalm 98:8 French Bible Psalm 98:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 98:8 Let the rivers clap their hands (Psalm Ps Psa.) |