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.


In Context

43 And on that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard far away.

44 At that time men were appointed to be in charge of the storerooms for the contributions, firstfruits and tithes. From the fields around the towns they were to bring into the storerooms the portions required by the Law for the priests and the Levites, for Judah was pleased with the ministering priests and Levites.

45 They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, as did also the singers and gatekeepers, according to the commands of David and his son Solomon.

46 For 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.

47 So in the days of Zerubbabel and of Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside the portion for the other Levites, and the Levites set aside the portion for the descendants 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 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 American Standard 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 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.