2 Chronicles 20:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ When he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to the Lord and praise him in holy splendor, as they went before the army, saying, “Give thanks to the Lord, for his steadfast love endures forever.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ When he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers to sing to the Lord and praise Him in their holy [priestly] garments as they went out before the army, saying, Give thanks to the Lord, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever!

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed them that should sing unto Jehovah, and give praise in holy array, as they went out before the army, and say, Give thanks unto Jehovah; for his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

Common English Bible

²¹ After consulting with the people, Jehoshaphat appointed musicians to play for the LORD, praising his majestic holiness. They were to march out before the warriors, saying, “Give thanks to the LORD because his faithful love lasts forever!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And he gave counsel to the people. And he appointed the singing men of the Lord, so that they would praise him by their companies, and so that they would go before the army, and with one voice say: "Confess to the Lord. For his mercy is eternal."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ And he gave counsel to the people, and appointed the singing men of the Lord, to praise him by their companies, and to go before the army, and with one voice to say: Give glory to the Lord, for his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Chronicles 20:21 Cross References

1 Chronicles 16:29

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come before him. Worship the Lord in holy splendor;

1 Chronicles 16:34

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.

1 Chronicles 16:41

With them were Heman and Jeduthun and the rest of those chosen and expressly named to render thanks to the Lord, for his steadfast love endures forever.

2 Chronicles 30:21

The people of Israel who were present at Jerusalem kept the Festival of Unleavened Bread seven days with great gladness, and the Levites and the priests praised the Lord day by day, accompanied by loud instruments for the Lord.

2 Chronicles 5:13

It was the duty of the trumpeters and singers together to make themselves heard in unison in praise and thanksgiving to the Lord, and when the song was raised, with trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments, in praise to the Lord, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever,” the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud,

2 Chronicles 7:3

When all the people of Israel saw the fire come down and the glory of the Lord on the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground and worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.”

2 Chronicles 7:6

The priests stood at their posts, the Levites also, with the instruments for music to the Lord that King David had made for giving thanks to the Lord—for his steadfast love endures forever—whenever David offered praises through their playing. Opposite them the priests sounded trumpets, and all Israel stood.

Nehemiah 12:27

Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with rejoicing, with thanksgivings and with singing, with cymbals, harps, and lyres.

Psalm 106:1

Praise the Lord! O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.

Psalm 107:1

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.

Psalm 18:4

The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of perdition assailed me;

Psalm 29:2

Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name; worship the Lord in holy splendor.

Psalm 50:2

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.

Psalm 90:17

Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us and prosper for us the work of our hands— O prosper the work of our hands!

Psalm 96:9

Worship the Lord in holy splendor; tremble before him, all the earth.

Proverbs 11:14

Where there is no guidance, a nation falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

Jeremiah 33:11

the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing as they bring thank offerings to the house of the Lord: “Give thanks to the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!” For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord.