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New King James Version

Psalms 150:5

Praise Him with loud cymbals; Praise Him with clashing cymbals!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cymbal;   Music;   Praise;   Thompson Chain Reference - Cymbals;   Instruments, Chosen;   Music;   Musical Instruments;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Music;   Praise;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Cymbal;   Music;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Joy;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Praise;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Cymbals;   Music, Instrumental;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jeduthun;   Poetry;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Praise;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hallelujah;   Psalms;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Music;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Cymbals;   Psalms the book of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Cymbal, Cymbals,;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Cymbal;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Locust;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Cymbals;   Metals;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
Geneva Bible (1587)
Prayse ye him with sounding cymbales: prayse ye him with high sounding cymbales.
Christian Standard Bible®
Praise him with resounding cymbals;praise him with clashing cymbals.
Hebrew Names Version
Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with resounding cymbals!
Easy-to-Read Version
Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with crashing cymbals!
Amplified Bible
Praise Him with resounding cymbals; Praise Him with loud cymbals.
American Standard Version
Praise him with loud cymbals: Praise him with high sounding cymbals.
Contemporary English Version
Praise God with cymbals, with clashing cymbals.
Complete Jewish Bible
Praise him with clanging cymbals! Praise him with loud crashing cymbals!
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Praise Him with the loud-sounding cymbals; praise Him with the clanging cymbals.
King James Version (1611)
Praise him vpon the loud cymbals: praise him vpon the high sounding cymbals.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Praise him with melodious cymbals: praise him with loud cymbals.
English Revised Version
Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Berean Standard Bible
Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals.
Lexham English Bible
Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with clashing cymbals.
Literal Translation
Praise Him on the sounding cymbals; praise Him with the resounding cymbals.
New Century Version
Praise him with loud cymbals; praise him with crashing cymbals.
New English Translation
Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with clanging cymbals!
New Living Translation
Praise him with a clash of cymbals; praise him with loud clanging cymbals.
New Life Bible
Praise Him with loud sounds. Praise Him with loud and clear sounds.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Praise him, with cymbals of clear tone, - Praise him, with cymbals of loud clang:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Praise him on high sounding cymbals: praise him on cymbals of joy:
George Lamsa Translation
Praise him upon loud cymbals; praise him with a mighty song.
Good News Translation
Praise him with cymbals. Praise him with loud cymbals.
New American Standard Bible
Praise Him with loud cymbals; Praise Him with resounding cymbals.
King James Version
Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Prayse ye hym vpon the well tuned Cimbales: prayse ye hym vpon the loude Cimbales.
New Revised Standard
Praise him with clanging cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
Darby Translation
Praise him with loud cymbals; praise him with high sounding cymbals.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Herie ye hym in cymbalis sownynge wel, herye ye hym in cymbalis of iubilacioun;
Young's Literal Translation
Praise Him with cymbals of sounding, Praise Him with cymbals of shouting.
World English Bible
Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with resounding cymbals!
Revised Standard Version
Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
Update Bible Version
Praise him with loud cymbals: Praise him with high sounding cymbals.
Webster's Bible Translation
Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Bible in Basic English
Give him praise with the loud brass: give him praise with the high-sounding brass.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Prayse him vpo the welltuned cymbals, prayse him vpon the loude cymbals.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Praise Him with loud cymbals; Praise Him with resounding cymbals.
Legacy Standard Bible
Praise Him with resounding cymbals;Praise Him with clashing cymbals.

Contextual Overview

1 Praise the LORD! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty firmament! 2 Praise Him for His mighty acts; Praise Him according to His excellent greatness! 3 Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; Praise Him with the lute and harp! 4 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes! 5 Praise Him with loud cymbals; Praise Him with clashing cymbals! 6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the loud cymbals: 1 Chronicles 15:16, 1 Chronicles 15:19, 1 Chronicles 15:28, 1 Chronicles 16:5, 1 Chronicles 25:1, 1 Chronicles 25:6

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Praise him upon the loud cymbals,.... Or "cymbals of hearing" x; that were heard with pleasure and delight, and afar off: the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions render it, "well sounding cymbals", which give a grateful sound to the ear; these were made of brass, 1 Chronicles 15:19; to which the apostle alludes, 1 Corinthians 13:1;

praise him upon the high sounding, cymbals; or "cymbals of shouting" y, ovation or triumph; which were used on joyful occasions, as victories, deliverances, and the like; and were used also in the temple service, see 1 Chronicles 16:5; according to the Targum and Septuagint version, these were three stringed instruments; for so they render the word them in 1 Samuel 18:6. Now these several instruments of music are named, not as to be used in Gospel times; but, being expressive of the highest praise and joy shown in former times, are mentioned to set forth the highest strains and notes of praise in New Testament saints; as well as to denote their heartiness, agreement, and unanimity in this service, Romans 15:6.

x בצלצלי שמע "in cymbalis auditus", Montanus, Vatablus. y בצלצלי חרועה "in cymbalis jubilationis", V. L. Musculus, Cocceius; "in cymbalis ovationis", Montanus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Praise him upon the loud cymbals - literally, “the cymbals of sound” or hearing. That is, Let there be audibly expressed joy. The allusion here is to an instrument of music that was most distinctly heard in union with other instruments. The sound of the cymbal would be most clearly audible in its accompaniment of the other instruments referred to, as the sound of cymbals, or as the “triangle” would be now. The Hebrew word rendered cymbal means a tinkling, clanging, ringing, as of metal, or of arms; then, a whirring, as of wings (compare the notes at Isaiah 18:1); then, any tinkling or clanging instrument, as a fish-spear or harpoon; then, cymbals, instruments of music. The cymbal, as now used, is an instrument of brass, in a circular form, like a dish, producing, when two are struck gether, a sharp, ringing sound - Webster. An instrument of this kind is evidently referred to here. The word occurs in the Bible in the following places only: Deuteronomy 28:42, rendered locust; 2 Samuel 6:5, rendered, as here, cymbal; Job 41:7, rendered fish-spears; and Isaiah 18:1, rendered shadowing with.

Praise him upon the high-sounding cymbals - The cymbals of joyful voice. On the word teruah, rendered high, see the notes at Psalms 89:16. A loud, lofty sound or shout, as on the reception of a conqueror, is the idea here; and the sense is, that the praise of God was to be celebrated with that which would in the highest sense express joy and triumph.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 150:5. Loud cymbals — צלצלים tseltselim. Two hollow plates of brass, which, being struck together, produced a sharp clanging sound. This instrument is still in use. What the high-sounding cymbals meant I know not; unless those of a larger make, struck above the head, and consequently emitting a louder sound.


 
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