Psalm 98:8–9

8 Let the rivers pclap their hands;

let qthe hills sing for joy together

9 before the Lord, for he comes

to rjudge the earth.

He will judge the world with righteousness,

and the peoples with equity.

Psalm 98:8–9 — The New International Version (NIV)

8 Let the rivers clap their hands,

let the mountains sing together for joy;

9 let them sing before the Lord,

for he comes to judge the earth.

He will judge the world in righteousness

and the peoples with equity.

Psalm 98:8–9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

8 Let the floods clap their hands:

Let the hills be joyful together

9 Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth:

With righteousness shall he judge the world,

And the people with equity.

Psalm 98:8–9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

8 Let the rivers clap their hands in glee!

Let the hills sing out their songs of joy

9 before the Lord,

for he is coming to judge the earth.

He will judge the world with justice,

and the nations with fairness.

Psalm 98:8–9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

8 Let the rivers clap their hands;

Let the hills be joyful together before the Lord,

9 For He is coming to judge the earth.

With righteousness He shall judge the world,

And the peoples with equity.

Psalm 98:8–9 — New Century Version (NCV)

8 Let the rivers clap their hands;

let the mountains sing together for joy.

9 Let them sing before the Lord,

because he is coming to judge the world.

He will judge the world fairly;

he will judge the peoples with fairness.

Psalm 98:8–9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

8 Let the floods clap their hands;

Let the hills sing for joy together

9 Before Jehovah; for he cometh to judge the earth:

He will judge the world with righteousness,

And the peoples with equity.

Psalm 98:8–9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

8 Let the floods clap their hands; let the mountains sing for joy together, 9 Before Jehovah, for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

Psalm 98:8–9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

8 Let the rivers clap their hands

and the mountains sing joyfully

9 in the Lord’s presence

because he is coming to judge the earth.

He will judge the world with justice

and its people with fairness.

Psalm 98:8–9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

8 Let the rivers clap their hands;

let the mountains shout together for joy

9 before the Lord,

for He is coming to judge the earth.

He will judge the world righteously

and the peoples fairly.

Psalm 98:8–9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

8 Let the floods clap their hands;

let the hills sing together for joy

9 at the presence of the Lord, for he is coming

to judge the earth.

He will judge the world with righteousness,

and the peoples with equity.

Psalm 98:8–9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

8 Let the rivers clap their hands.

Let the hills sing joyfully together

9 before Yahweh, for he is coming

to judge the earth.

He will judge the world with righteousness

and the peoples with equity.

Psalm 98:8–9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

8 Let the rivers clap their hands.

Let the mountains sing together with joy.

9 Let them sing to the Lord,

because he is coming to judge the earth.

He will judge the nations of the world

in keeping with what is right and fair.

Psalm 98:8–9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

8 Let the rivers clap their hands,

Let the mountains sing together for joy

9 Before the Lord, for He is coming to judge the earth;

He will judge the world with righteousness

And the peoples with equity.

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