Psalms 98 · Verse 6

Psalms 98:6

With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King.
Psalms 98:6, King James Version

Psalms 98:6 in other translations

BSBWith trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the LORD, the King.
WEBWith trumpets and sound of the ram’s horn, make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD.
ASVWith trumpets and sound of cornet Make a joyful noise before the King, Jehovah.
YLTWith trumpets, and voice of a cornet, Shout ye before the king Jehovah.
DARBYWith trumpets and sound of cornet, make a joyful noise before the King, Jehovah.
BBEWith wind instruments and the sound of the horn, make a glad cry before the Lord, the King.
WebsterWith trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.

What does Psalms 98:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 98:4-6

4-6. make a loud noise--or, "burst forth" (Is 14:7; 44:23). before ... King--hail Him as your sovereign; and while, with every aid to demonstrate zeal and joy, intelligent creatures are invited to praise, as in Psa 96:11-13, inanimate nature is also summoned to honor Him who triumphs and rules in righteousness and equity.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 With trumpets - חצצרות chatsotseroth. Some kind of tubular instruments, of the form and management of which we know nothing. And sound of cornet - שופר shophar, the word commonly used for what we call trumpet.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 98:4-9

Let all the children of men rejoice in the setting up the kingdom of Christ, for all may benefit by it. The different orders of rational creatures in the universe, seem to be described in figurative language in the reign of the great Messiah. The kingdom of Christ will be a blessing to the whole creation. We expect his second coming to begin his glorious reign. Then shall heaven and earth rejoice, and the joy of the…

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Psalms 98:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בַּ֭חֲצֹ֣צְרוֹתba.cha.Tzo.tze.rotwith trumpetsH2689
וְק֣וֹלve.Koland [the] sound ofH6963
שׁוֹפָ֑רsho.Fara ram's hornH7782
הָ֝רִ֗יעוּha.Ri.'ushout for joyH7321
לִפְנֵ֤י\׀lif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
הַמֶּ֬לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 98:6

  • Revelation 19:16

    And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

  • 2 Chronicles 15:14

    And they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

  • Psalms 81:2-4

    Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:28

    Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.

  • 2 Chronicles 29:27

    And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.

  • Matthew 25:34

    Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

  • Psalms 47:5-7

    God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

  • 2 Chronicles 5:12-13

    Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord;

  • Numbers 10:1-10

    And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
trumpets.
47:5; 81:2-4; Nu 10:1-10; 1Ch 15:28; 2Ch 5:12,13; 29:27
the king.
47:6,7; Mt 25:34; Re 19:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 98:5

    Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.

  • Psalms 98:6

    With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King.

  • Psalms 98:7

    Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

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Psalms 98:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Aclamad con trompetas y sonidos de bocina delante del rey Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Avec des trompettes et le son du cor, poussez des cris de joie devant le Roi, l’ Éternel!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Mit Trompeten und dem Schall der Posaune jauchzet vor dem König Jehova!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Moyses et Aaron in sacerdotibus ejus, et Samuel inter eos qui invocant nomen ejus: invocabant Dominum, et ipse exaudiebat eos;