For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
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.
for in the days of David and Asaph of old were heads of the singers, and a song of praise and thanksgiving to God.
For of old, in the days of David and Asaph, there were the chiefs of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgivings toGod.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNehemiah — The walls rebuilt in fifty-two days; the covenant renewed; the reforms enacted and then re-enacted when Nehemiah returns to find them slipping. A book about civic and spiritual reconstruction side by side.
- Author
- Nehemiah (chs. 1–7, 11–13 largely first-person memoir); Ezra-material probably compiled alongside
- Date
- Events 445–432 BC; final compilation late-5th century BC