Nehemiah 12:46 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁶ For in the days of David and Asaph of old, there was a chief of singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

⁴⁶ Long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there was a leader of the singers, and there were songs of praise and thanks to God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁶ And all of Israel, in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave portions to the singing men and to the gatekeepers, for each day, and they sanctified the Levites, and the Levites sanctified the sons of Aaron.

Nehemiah 12:46 Cross References

1 Chronicles 9:33

And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.

2 Chronicles 29:30

Moreover Hezeki´ah 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.

Nehemiah 11:17

And Mattani´ah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbuki´ah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammu´a, the son of Galal, the son of Jedu´thun.

Psalm 137:4

How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

Psalm 73:1

Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

Psalm 83:1

Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.