Psalms 98:8

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together

American King James Version (AKJV)

Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together

American Standard Version (ASV)

Let the floods clap their hands; Let the hills sing for joy together

Basic English Translation (BBE)

Let the streams make sounds of joy with their hands; let the mountains be glad together,

Webster's Revision

Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together

World English Bible

Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together.

English Revised Version (ERV)

Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together;

Definitions for Psalms 98:8

Let - To hinder or obstruct.

Clarke's Psalms 98:8 Bible Commentary

Let the floods clap their hands - נהרות neharoth, properly the rivers - possibly meaning immense continents, where only large rivers are found; thus including inland people, as well as maritime stations, and those on the sea-coasts generally; as in those early times little more than the coasts of the sea were known. The Gospel shall be preached in the most secluded nations of the world.

Let the hills be joyful - All the inhabitants of rocky and mountainous countries.

Barnes's Psalms 98:8 Bible Commentary

Let the floods clap their hands - The rivers. Let them join in the universal praise. As if conscious of their beauty, their grandeur, their usefulness; as if sensible that all this was conferred by God; as if rejoicing in the goodness of God manifested to them, and through them, let them unite in the universal praise. Compare the notes at Isaiah 55:12.

Let the hills be joyful together - The mountains - in view of the goodness of God toward them - crowning them with beauty - clothing them with sublimity and grandeur - let them also rejoice in God as "their" God. Let all nature thus join in praise.

Psalm 98:8-9.Praise the Lord from the earth,

Ye dragons and all deeps;

Fire and hail; snow and vapor;

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