46For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.


In Context

43 And they offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

44 And on that day were men appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the heave-offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, according to the fields of the cities, the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.

45 And they kept the charge of their God, and the charge of the purification, and'so did the singers and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

46 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.

47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, as every day required: and they set apart that which was for the Levites; and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron.

Nehemiah 12:46 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:46For in the days of David and Asaph of old [there were] chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:46For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there had been directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:46For in the days of David and Asaph from the beginning there were chief singers appointed, to praise with canticles, and give thanks to God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:46For of old, in the days of David and Asaph, there were the chiefs of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgivings to God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:46For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:46For in the days of David, and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:46For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:46for in the days of David and Asaph of old were heads of the singers, and a song of praise and thanksgiving to God.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:46For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.