Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleLet the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops. Young's Literal Translation The wilderness and its cities do lift up [the voice], The villages Kedar doth inhabit, Sing do the inhabitants of Sela, From the top of mountains they cry. King James Bible Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up [their voice], the villages [that] Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. Hebrew Let the desertמִדְבָּר֙ (miḏ·bār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech and its cities וְעָרָ֔יו (wə·‘ā·rāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement raise their voices; יִשְׂא֤וּ (yiś·’ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take [let] the villages חֲצֵרִ֖ים (ḥă·ṣê·rîm) Noun - common plural Strong's 2691: A yard, a hamlet of Kedar [cry aloud]. קֵדָ֑ר (qê·ḏār) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 6938: Kedar -- perhaps 'swarthy', a son of Ishmael, also his desc Let the people יֹ֣שְׁבֵי (yō·šə·ḇê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry of Sela סֶ֔לַע (se·la‘) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 5554: Sela -- a city in Edom sing for joy; יָרֹ֙נּוּ֙ (yā·rōn·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7442: To give a ringing cry let them cry out יִצְוָֽחוּ׃ (yiṣ·wā·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 6681: To cry aloud from the mountaintops. מֵרֹ֥אשׁ (mê·rōš) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7218: The head |