Nehemiah 12:46
“For in the dayes of Dauid and Asaph of old, there were chiefe of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiuing vnto God.”
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Nehemiah 12:46 Context
44¶ And at that time were some appointed ouer the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the first fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Leuites: for Iudah reioyced for the Priests, & for the Leuites that waited. 45And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandement of Dauid, and of Solomon his sonne. 46For in the dayes of Dauid and Asaph of old, there were chiefe of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiuing vnto God. 47And all Israel in the dayes of Zerubbabel, and in the dayes of Nehemiah, gaue the portions of the singers, and the porters, euery day his portion, and they sanctified holy things vnto the Leuites, and the Leuites sanctified them vnto the children of Aaron.
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For in the days of David and Asaph of old [there were] chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
- King James Version
For in the days of David and Asaph, in ancient times, {there were} leaders of the singers, songs of praise and hymns of thanksgiving to God.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For in the days of David and Asaph in the past, there was a master of the music, and songs of blessing and praise to God.
- Basic English Bible
For of old, in the days of David and Asaph, there were the chiefs of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgivings to God.
- Darby Bible
For in the days of David, and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
- Webster's Bible
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
- World English Bible
for in the days of David and Asaph of old [were] heads of the singers, and a song of praise and thanksgiving to God.
- Youngs Literal Bible
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible