Psalms 148:4
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
KJV
Laudate eum, cæli cælorum ; et aquæ omnes quæ super cælos sunt,
Vulgate
αἰνεῖτε αὐτόν, οἱ οὐρανοὶ τῶν οὐρανῶν, καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ὑπεράνω τῶν οὐρανῶν.
LXX
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.
ASV
הַֽ֭לְלוּ/הוּ שְׁמֵ֣י הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם וְ֝/הַ/מַּ֗יִם אֲשֶׁ֤ר מֵ/עַ֬ל הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
הוּ
hv
verb · 163×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 19.—Of Worlds Without End, or Ages of Ages.561561 De sæculis sæculorum. I do not presume to determine whether God does so, and whether these times which are called “ages of ages” are joined together in a continuous series, and succeed one another with a regulated diversity, and leave exempt from their vicissitudes only those who are freed from their misery, and abide wi…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 8:27 — But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
- Deut 10:14 — Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
- Deut 10:14 — Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
- Gen 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- Gen 1:6 — And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
- Gen 1:7 — And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
- Gen 1:7 — And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
- Isa 55:12 — For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
- Jer 10:12 — He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
- Neh 9:6 — Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest t
- Ps 115:16 — The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.