King James Version

Psalms 96:11

Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.

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יִשְׂמְח֣וּyismechvbe gladשָׂמַחverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “be glad”, an unfinished actionH8055probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesomecheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, [idiom] very.הַ֭שָּׁמַיִםhashamayimthe heavenשָׁמַיִםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).וְתָגֵ֣לvetageland rejoiceגִּילconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and rejoice”, an unfinished actionH1523properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fearbe glad, joy, be joyful, rejoice.הָאָ֑רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.יִֽרְעַ֥םyiramthunderרָעַםverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “thunder”, an unfinished actionH7481to tumble, i.e. be violently agitated; specifically, to crash (of thunder); figuratively, to irritate (with anger)make to fret, roar, thunder, trouble.הַ֝יָּ֗םhayamthe seaיָםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the sea”, the ordinary formH3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).וּמְלֹאֽוֹumelovoand fulnessמְלֹאconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and fulness”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4393fulness (literally or figuratively)[idiom] all along, [idiom] all that is (there-) in, fill, ([idiom] that whereof...was) full, fulness, (hand-) full, multitude.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof;

Young’s Literal Translation

The heavens joy, and the earth is joyful, The sea and its fulness roar.

World English Bible

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and its fullness!

Darby Translation

Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof;

Douay-Rheims

Light is risen to the just, and joy to the right of heart.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth exult; let the sea be moved, and the fulness of it.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εὐφραινέσθωσαν οἱ οὐρανοὶ καὶ ἀγαλλιάσθω ἡ γῆ, σαλευθήτω ἡ θάλασσα καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς.