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1 Chronicles 16:32

Let the sea roar, and its fullness! Let the field exult, and all that is in it!

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Let the sea roar, and its fullness! Let the field exult, and all that is in it!

  • KJV King James Version

    Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; let the field exult, and all that is therein;

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Cross-references (4)

Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 16:32 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Psalms 98:7-8 Let the sea roar with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein. Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together.
  • Psalms 93:4 Above the voices of many waters, the mighty breakers of the sea, Yahweh on high is mighty.
  • Psalms 148:9-10 mountains and all hills; fruit trees and all cedars; wild animals and all livestock; small creatures and flying birds;
  • Isaiah 44:23 Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.

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Explain this verse (1 source)

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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 that which fills it shout with joy

that which fills it shout with joy

The implied information is that this refers to all the creatures living in the sea. They are spoken of as if they should shout with joy like people might do. AT: "the sea creatures shout joyfully" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information and Personification)

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Let the fields be joyful, and all that is in them

"Let the fields and all that is in them be joyful." The author speaks as if the fields and the animals that live in them have emotions like people. AT: "Let it be as if the fields themselves and all the animals that live in them are rejoicing" (See: Personification)

let the trees in the forest shout for joy

This speaks about the trees as if they were people who could shout for joy. (See: Personification)

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Yahweh

judge

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

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