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Nehemiah 12:43

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Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

Also that day {H3117} they offered {H2076} great {H1419} sacrifices {H2077}, and rejoiced {H8055}: for God {H430} had made them rejoice {H8055} with great {H1419} joy {H8057}: the wives {H802} also and the children {H3206} rejoiced {H8055}: so that the joy {H8057} of Jerusalem {H3389} was heard {H8085} even afar off {H7350}.

With joy they offered great sacrifices that day, for God had made them celebrate with great joy. The women and children too rejoiced, so that the celebrating in Yerushalayim could be heard far off.

On that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.

And they offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

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Cross-References

  • Ezra 3:13 (6 votes)

    So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.

  • Psalms 92:4 (5 votes)

    For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

  • Jeremiah 31:13 (4 votes)

    Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

  • Psalms 148:11 (4 votes)

    Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:

  • Psalms 148:13 (4 votes)

    Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory [is] above the earth and heaven.

  • Matthew 21:9 (3 votes)

    And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

  • Numbers 10:10 (3 votes)

    Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I [am] the LORD your God.