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Psalms 148:3

148:2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.

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Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you shining stars!

Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.

Praise you him, sun and moon: praise him, all you stars of light.

148:4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.

What does Psalms 148:3 mean?

Psalms 148:3 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include הָלַל (hâlal), שֶׁמֶשׁ (shemesh), יָרֵחַ (yârêach).

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Praiseהָלַלhâlal/haw-lal'/H1984to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
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sunשֶׁמֶשׁshemesh/sheh'-mesh/H8121the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
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moon:יָרֵחַyârêach/yaw-ray'-akh/H3394the moon
praiseהָלַלhâlal/haw-lal'/H1984to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
him,
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starsכּוֹכָבkôwkâb/ko-kawb'/H3556a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
of
light.אוֹרʼôwr/ore/H216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 148:3.

Deuteronomy 4:19

And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. divided: or, imparted

Genesis 37:9

And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

Job 31:26

If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; sun: Heb. light in: Heb. bright

2 Kings 23:5

And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. put: Heb. caused to cease idolatrous: Heb. Chemarim planets: or, twelve signs or, constellations

2 Samuel 23:4

And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

Deuteronomy 17:3

And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;

Ecclesiastes 12:2

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

Ezekiel 32:7

And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. put: or, extinguish thee

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What does Psalms 148:3 say?

Psalms 148:3 (King James Version) reads: "Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light."

Is Psalms 148:3 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 148:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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