KJV King James Version
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that [be] above the heavens.
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Psalm 148:4
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that [be] above the heavens.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.
WEB World English Bible
Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are above the heavens.
ASV American Standard Version
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Praise ye Him, heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.
Surrounding context — Psalm 148
1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights.
2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that [be] above the heavens.
5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.
6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
7 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
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1 Kings 8:27But 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?Genesis 1:7And 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.Deuteronomy 10:14Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens [is] the LORD’S thy God, the earth [also], with all that therein [is].Nehemiah 9:6Thou, [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 them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.Psalm 68:33To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, [which were] of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, [and that] a mighty voice.Psalm 113:6Who humbleth [himself] to behold [the things that are] in heaven, and in the earth!Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.Psalm 104:3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:2 Corinthians 12:2I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
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