Luke 15:25

WEB

²⁵“Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

KJV

²⁵ Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.

BSB

²⁵Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing.

FBV

²⁵Now the older son was working out in the fields. As he walked towards the house, he heard music and dancing.

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Extra References

Psalms 150:4

⁴Praise him with tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flute!

Jeremiah 31:4

⁴I will build you again, and you will be built, O virgin of Israel. You will again be adorned with your tambourines, and will go out in the dances of those who make merry.

Ecclesiastes 3:4

⁴a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

2 Samuel 6:14

¹⁴David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was clothed in a linen ephod.

Luke 7:32

³²They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another, saying, ‘We piped to you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned, and you didn’t weep.’

Psalms 149:3

³Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!

Psalms 126:1

¹When the LORD brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.

Luke 15:11-12

¹¹He said, “A certain man had two sons. ¹²The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of your property.’ So he divided his livelihood between them.

Exodus 15:20

²⁰Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.

Psalms 30:11

¹¹You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,