Nehemiah 12:46
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
Nehemiah 12:46 in other translations
| BSB | For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. |
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| WEB | For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. |
| ASV | For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. |
| YLT | for in the days of David and Asaph of old were heads of the singers, and a song of praise and thanksgiving to God. |
| DARBY | For of old, in the days of David and Asaph, there were the chiefs of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgivings to God. |
| BBE | For in the days of David and Asaph in the past, there was a master of the music, and songs of blessing and praise to God. |
| Webster | For in the days of David, and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. |
What does Nehemiah 12:46 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 12:44-47
When the solemnities of a thanksgiving day leave such impressions on ministers and people, that both are more careful and cheerful in doing their duty, they are indeed acceptable to the Lord, and turn to good account. And whatever we do, must be purified by the blood of sprinkling, and by the grace of the Holy Spirit, or it cannot be acceptable to God.
Nehemiah 12:46 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Nehemiah 12:46
- 2 Chronicles 29:30
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the Lord with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
- Psalms 73:1
A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
- Psalms 83:1
A Song or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
- 1 Chronicles 25:1-31
Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was: Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king. Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the Lord. Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti–ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth: …
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Context
- Nehemiah 12:45
And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
- Nehemiah 12:46
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
- Nehemiah 12:47
And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.
Nehemiah 12:46 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque desde el tiempo de David y de Asaph, ya de antiguo, había príncipes de cantores, y cántico y alabanza, y acción de gracias á Dios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car autrefois, aux jours de David et d’Asaph, il y avait des chefs pour diriger les chantres et les chants de louanges et les cantiques d’actions de grâces à Dieu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn vor alters, in den Tagen Davids und Asaphs, gab es Häupter der Sänger, und Preis- und Lobgesänge für Gott. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et omnis Israël in diebus Zorobabel et in diebus Nehemiæ, dabant partes cantoribus et janitoribus per dies singulos, et sanctificabant Levitas, et Levitæ sanctificabant filios Aaron. |