dancing

The 15 most-voted verses about dancing, from 9 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.

Psalm 149:3 (BSB)

Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

Psalm 149:3 (KJV)

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

Psalm 149:3 (WEB)

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

Ecclesiastes 3:4 (BSB)

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

Ecclesiastes 3:4 (KJV)

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

Ecclesiastes 3:4 (WEB)

You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

Psalm 30:11 (BSB)

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

Psalm 30:11 (KJV)

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

Psalm 30:11 (WEB)

Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.

Exodus 15:20 (BSB)

¶ And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

Exodus 15:20 (KJV)

Miriam 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.

Exodus 15:20 (WEB)

Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.

Psalm 150:4 (BSB)

Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

Psalm 150:4 (KJV)

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

Psalm 150:4 (WEB)

Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.

Jeremiah 31:13 (BSB)

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

Jeremiah 31:13 (KJV)

Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance, the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

Jeremiah 31:13 (WEB)

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

Luke 15:25 (BSB)

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

Luke 15:25 (KJV)

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

Luke 15:25 (WEB)

And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.

Judges 11:34 (BSB)

¶ And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she [was his] only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

Judges 11:34 (KJV)

Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances. She was his only child. Besides her he had neither son nor daughter.

Judges 11:34 (WEB)

So the next day they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.

Exodus 32:6 (BSB)

And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

Exodus 32:6 (KJV)

They rose up early on the next day, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

Exodus 32:6 (WEB)

As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.

Exodus 32:19 (BSB)

¶ And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

Exodus 32:19 (KJV)

As soon as he came near to the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing. Then Moses’ anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain.

Exodus 32:19 (WEB)

But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”

1 Samuel 21:11 (BSB)

And the servants of Achish said unto him, [Is] not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

1 Samuel 21:11 (KJV)

The servants of Achish said to him, “Isn’t this David the king of the land? Didn’t they sing to one another about him in dances, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?”

1 Samuel 21:11 (WEB)

So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.

1 Samuel 30:16 (BSB)

¶ And when he had brought him down, behold, [they were] spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

1 Samuel 30:16 (KJV)

When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, drinking, and dancing, because of all the great plunder that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

1 Samuel 30:16 (WEB)

They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,

Job 21:11 (BSB)

They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

Job 21:11 (KJV)

They send out their little ones like a flock. Their children dance.

Job 21:11 (WEB)

The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.

Psalm 68:25 (BSB)

The singers went before, the players on instruments [followed] after; among [them were] the damsels playing with timbrels.

Psalm 68:25 (KJV)

The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, among the ladies playing with tambourines,

Psalm 68:25 (WEB)

Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.

Lamentations 5:15 (BSB)

The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

Lamentations 5:15 (KJV)

The joy of our heart has ceased. Our dance is turned into mourning.

Lamentations 5:15 (WEB)

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