Ezra 3:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹¹ and they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever toward Israel.” And all the people responded with a great shout when they praised the Lord because the foundation of the house of the Lord had been laid.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ They sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, saying, For He is good, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ And they sang one to another in praising and giving thanks unto Jehovah, saying, For he is good, for his lovingkindness endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Jehovah, because the foundation of the house of Jehovah was laid.

Common English Bible

¹¹ They praised and gave thanks to the LORD, singing responsively, “He is good, his graciousness for Israel lasts forever.” All of the people shouted with praise to the LORD because the foundation of the LORD’s house had been laid.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ And they sung together with hymns and confession to the Lord: "For he is good. For his mercy is over Israel unto eternity." And likewise, all the people shouted with a great clamor in praise to the Lord, because the temple of the Lord had been founded.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ And they sung together hymns, and praise to the Lord: because he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever towards Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, praising the Lord, because the foundations of the temple of the Lord were laid.

Ezra 3:11 Cross References

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 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.”

Nehemiah 12:24

And the leaders of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, with their associates over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, section opposite to section.

Nehemiah 12:40

So both companies of those who gave thanks stood in the house of God, and I and half of the officials with me;

Psalm 100:5

For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever and his faithfulness to all generations.

Psalm 103:17

But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children,

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 118:1

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

Psalm 131:1

O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.

Psalm 135:3

Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing to his name, for he is gracious.

Psalm 47:1

Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with loud songs of joy.

Psalm 47:5

God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

Exodus 15:21

And Miriam sang to them: “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.”

Isaiah 12:6

Shout aloud and sing for joy, O royal Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”

Isaiah 44:23

Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it; shout, O depths of the earth; break forth into singing, O mountains, O forest and every tree in it! For the Lord has redeemed Jacob and will be glorified in Israel.

Isaiah 6:3

And one called to another and said, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.”

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.

Haggai 2:3

Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Is it not in your sight as nothing?

Zechariah 4:7

What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain, and he shall bring out the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’ ”

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Luke 1:50

indeed, his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.

Joshua 6:10

To the people Joshua gave this command: “You shall not shout or let your voice be heard, nor shall you utter a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout.”

Joshua 6:16

And at the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the city.

Joshua 6:5

When they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, as soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then all the people shall shout with a great shout, and the wall of the city will fall down flat, and all the people shall charge straight ahead.”