Psalms 81:3

What does Psalms 81:3 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 81:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast-day.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast-day.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Let the horn be sounded in the time of the new moon, at the full moon, on our holy feast-day:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Blow in the month a trumpet, In the new moon, at the day of our festival,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and the poor.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the set time, on our feast day:

Context

v.2Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.

v.3This passage

v.4For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Colossians 2:16

    Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:

  • 2 Chronicles 2:4

    Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

  • Leviticus 23:24

    Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest unto you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:24

    And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

  • 2 Chronicles 13:14

    And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried unto Jehovah, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

  • Numbers 28:11

    And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto Jehovah: two young bullocks, and one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;

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