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New King James Version

Psalms 148:2

Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Angel (a Spirit);   Praise;   Thompson Chain Reference - Gratitude-Ingratitude;   Heavenly;   Praise;   Worship;   The Topic Concordance - Creation;   Praise;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Angels;   Armies;   Praise;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Angels;   Hosts;   Worship;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Angel;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Sabaoth, Lord of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Council, Heavenly;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Haggai;   Hallel;   Hallelujah;   Host of Heaven;   Psalms;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Angel;   Daniel, Book of;   General;   God, Names of;   Haggai;   Praise;   Song of the Three Children;   Wisdom;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Angelology;   Aristai;   Astronomy;   Host of Heaven;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts!
Geneva Bible (1587)
Prayse ye him, all ye his Angels: praise him, all his armie.
Christian Standard Bible®
Praise him, all his angels;praise him, all his heavenly armies.
Hebrew Names Version
Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all his host!
Easy-to-Read Version
Praise him, all you angels! Praise him, all his army!
Amplified Bible
Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts (armies)!
American Standard Version
Praise ye him, all his angels: Praise ye him, all his host.
Contemporary English Version
All of you angels, and all who serve him above, come and offer praise.
Complete Jewish Bible
Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all his armies!
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Praise ye Him, all His angels; praise ye Him, all His hosts.
King James Version (1611)
Praise yee him all his Angels: praise ye him all his hosts.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
English Revised Version
Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his host.
Berean Standard Bible
Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His heavenly hosts.
Lexham English Bible
Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts.
Literal Translation
Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His hosts.
New Century Version
Praise him, all you angels. Praise him, all you armies of heaven.
New English Translation
Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all his heavenly assembly!
New Living Translation
Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all the armies of heaven!
New Life Bible
Praise Him, all His angels! Praise Him, all His army!
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Praise him, all his messengers, Praise him, all his host;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Praise ye him, all his angels, praise ye him, all his hosts.
George Lamsa Translation
Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts.
Good News Translation
Praise him, all his angels, all his heavenly armies.
New American Standard Bible
Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His heavenly armies!
King James Version
Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Prayse hym all ye his angels: prayse hym all ye his hoast.
New Revised Standard
Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his host!
Darby Translation
Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Alle hise aungels, herie ye hym; alle hise vertues, herye ye hym.
Young's Literal Translation
Praise ye Him, all His messengers, Praise ye Him, all His hosts.
World English Bible
Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all his host!
Revised Standard Version
Praise him, all his angels, praise him, all his host!
Update Bible Version
Praise him, all his angels: Praise him, all his host.
Webster's Bible Translation
Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
Bible in Basic English
Give praise to him, all you his angels: give praise to him, all his armies.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Prayse him all ye angels of his, prayse hi all his hoost.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts!
Legacy Standard Bible
Praise Him, all His angels;Praise Him, all His hosts!

Contextual Overview

1 Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; Praise Him in the heights! 2 Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts! 3 Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all you stars of light! 4 Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, And you waters above the heavens! 5 Let them praise the name of the LORD, For He commanded and they were created. 6 He also established them forever and ever; He made a decree which shall not pass away.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all his angels: Psalms 103:20, Psalms 103:21, Job 38:7, Isaiah 6:2-4, Ezekiel 3:12, Revelation 5:11-13

all his hosts: Genesis 2:1

Reciprocal: Genesis 32:2 - God's 1 Kings 6:29 - carved figures 1 Kings 18:15 - of hosts liveth 1 Chronicles 12:22 - like the host of God Nehemiah 9:6 - the host Job 25:3 - there Psalms 33:6 - the host Jeremiah 27:5 - made Luke 2:13 - a multitude Ephesians 3:10 - intent Revelation 5:13 - every Revelation 7:11 - all

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Praise ye him, all his angels,.... The Targum adds, who minister before him: the ministering spirits, the angels of Jehovah, even of Christ, who are his creatures, and at his command; and whom he sends forth to minister to others, Hebrews 1:7. And great numbers there are of them, thousands and tens of thousands, yea, an innumerable company; and all of them are under obligation to praise the Lord for their creation: for invisible spirits, as well as visible bodies, even the celestial thrones, dominions, principalities, and powers, were created by him, by Christ, Colossians 1:16. And for their preservation in their beings, and confirmation in that happy estate in which they were created; being chosen and secured in Christ, the head of all principality and power, and so stood while others fell: and also for the various excellent powers, and faculties and properties, they are endowed with; they excel in strength, are possessed of great agility and swiftness; have a large share of knowledge, of things natural, civil, moral, spiritual, and evangelical; are perfectly holy, and without sin; and happy in the enjoyment of God, in whose presence they always are, and whose face they continually behold; and will ever remain in this state, being immaterial and immortal beings. And as praise is their duty, it is their work; in this they were employed at the creation of all things, then these sons of God and morning stars sang and shouted for joy; and at the incarnation of Christ, when they worshipped him; at the conversion of every sinner; and frequently join the church in this service, and will be concerned in it to all eternity: and when the psalmist calls upon them to engage in it, it does not suppose that they were deficient in it, or backward to it, or that he had any authority over them to require it of them; but it shows his great desire that the Lord might be praised by the noblest creatures, and in the best manner that could be, and how much his heart was in this work; and he does it to stir up himself and others the more unto it, from this consideration; that if those heavenly creatures should praise the Lord, then much more such as he and others, who were so very unworthy of the divine favours, and so much beholden to the Lord for them;

praise ye him, all his hosts; meaning either the angels as before, sometimes called the hosts of heaven, and the heavenly host; there being armies and legions of them, and these encamping about the saints in a military way; see 2 Kings 19:35; or else the celestial bodies, the sun, moon, and stars, as follow, sometimes called the host of heaven; and who are represented as militant, Genesis 2:1

2 Kings 21:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Praise ye him, all his angels - Dwelling in the heavens. Compare the notes at Psalms 103:20.

Praise ye him, all his hosts - See the notes at Psalms 103:21 and the notes at Isaiah 1:9. All his armies - referring to the angels considered as marshalled into hosts, of which God is the Head and Leader.


 
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