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D&C 128:23 · Job 38:7

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Doctrine and Covenants D&C 128:23
"And let the sun, moon, and the morning stars sing together, and let all the sons of God shout for joy!"
Old Testament Job 38:7
"When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?"

Shared words: all the sons of God

The older verse is a question about a past event; this one an imperative about a present one, and the two verbs shift tense accordingly - 'sang' and 'shouted' against 'sing' and 'shout'. This verse adds two singers the older has not, the sun and the moon. D&C 127 and D&C 128 frame themselves as letters in a human first person, not as divine addresses; the letter-writer is not named in the verse text.