Nehemiah 12:46
King James Version (KJV)
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
In context
44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.
Nehemiah 12:46 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
- WEB World English 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- for in the days of David and Asaph of old [were] heads of the singers, and a song of praise and thanksgiving to God.
- DBY Darby Translation
- 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.
- WBS Webster 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.