Psalm 148:4 Parallel Translations
NASB: Praise Him, highest heavens, And the waters that are above the heavens! (NASB ©1995)
GWT: Praise him, you highest heaven and the water above the sky.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
ASV: Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.
BBE: Give praise to him, you highest heavens, and you waters which are over the heavens.
DBY: Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.
ERV: Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
JPS: Praise Him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.
WBS: Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.
WEB: Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are above the heavens.
YLT: Praise ye Him, heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.
Psalm 148:4 Cross References
XREF:Genesis 1:7 God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

Deuteronomy 10:14 "Behold, to the LORD your God belong heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it.

1 Kings 8:27 "But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built!

Nehemiah 9:6 "You alone are the LORD. You have made the heavens, The heaven of heavens with all their host, The earth and all that is on it, The seas and all that is in them. You give life to all of them And the heavenly host bows down before You.

Psalm 68:33 To Him who rides upon the highest heavens, which are from ancient times; Behold, He speaks forth with His voice, a mighty voice. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 148:4 Praise him, ye {c} heavens of heavens, and ye {d} waters that [be] above the heavens.
(c) Not that there are various heavens, but because of the spheres and of the situation of the fixed stars and planets, he comprehends by this word the whole heavens.
(d) That is, the rain which is in the middle region of the air, which he here comprehends under the name of the heavens.
WES: 148:4 Heavens of heavens - Ye highest heavens, the place of God's throne. Waters - Ye clouds which are above a part of the heavens.
MHC: 148:1-6 We, in this dark and sinful world, know little of the heavenly world of light. But we know that there is above us a world of blessed angels. They are always praising God, therefore the psalmist shows his desire that God may be praised in the best manner; also we show that we have communion with spirits above, who are still praising him. The heavens, with all contained in them, declare the glory of God. They call on us, that both by word and deed, we glorify with them the Creator and Redeemer of the universe.
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