Nehemiah 12:46 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴⁶ For in the days of David and Asaph long ago there was a leader of the singers, and there were songs of praise and thanksgiving to 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁶ And all Israel, in the days of Zorobabel, and in the days of Nehemias, gave portions to the singing men, and to the porters, day by day, and they sanctified the Levites, and the Levites sanctified the sons of Aaron.

Nehemiah 12:46 Cross References

1 Chronicles 9:33

Now these are the singers, the heads of ancestral houses of the Levites, living in the chambers of the temple free from other service, for they were on duty day and night.

2 Chronicles 29:30

King Hezekiah and the officials commanded the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and of the seer Asaph. They sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.

Nehemiah 11:17

and Mattaniah son of Mica son of Zabdi son of Asaph, who was the leader to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua son of Galal son of Jeduthun.

Psalm 137:4

How could we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?

Psalm 73:1

Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

Psalm 83:1

O God, do not keep silent; do not hold your peace or be still, O God!