Joy to the World – English Lyrics

• By: Pentatonix
• Album: THE GREATEST CHRISTMAS HITS

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(church bells ringing)

♪ Joy to the world ♪

♪ Joy to the world, oh, whoa ♪

♪ Joy to the world, the Lord is come ♪

♪ Let earth receive her King ♪

♪ Let every heart prepare Him room ♪

♪ And heaven and nature sing ♪

♪ And heaven and nature sing ♪

♪ And heaven, and heaven and nature sing ♪

♪ Joy to the world ♪

♪ Joy to the world, oh ♪

♪ Joy to the world, the Savior reigns ♪

♪ Let men their songs employ ♪

♪ While fields and floods ♪

♪ Rocks, hills, and plains ♪

♪ Repeat the sounding joy ♪

♪ Repeat the sounding joy ♪

♪ Repeat, repeat the sounding joy ♪

♪ Joy to the world then we sing ♪

♪ Let the earth receive her King! ♪

♪ Joy to the world then we sing ♪

♪ Let the angel voices ring ♪

♪ Joy to the world then we sing ♪

♪ Let the men their songs employ ♪

♪ Joy to the world then we sing ♪

♪ And repeat the sounding joy ♪

♪ He rules the world with truth and grace ♪

♪ And makes the nations prove ♪

♪ And glories of His righteousness ♪

♪ And wonders of His love ♪

♪ And wonders of His love ♪

♪ And wonders of His love ♪

♪ And wonders, wonders of His love ♪

♪ And wonders, wonders of His love ♪

♪ Joy to the world then we sing ♪

♪ Let the earth receive her King ♪

♪ Joy to the world then we sing ♪

♪ Let the angel voices ring ♪

Key Grammar Structures

• Let earth receive her King

  ➔ Let + bare infinitive (imperative)

  ➔ The verb "receive" is in the bare infinitive form after "Let".

• Let every heart prepare Him room

  ➔ Indirect object pronoun

  ➔ "Him" is an indirect object pronoun referring to the Lord.

• And heaven and nature sing

  ➔ Simple present tense (plural subject)

  ➔ The verb "sing" is in the simple present, agreeing with the plural subject "heaven and nature".

• Repeat the sounding joy

  ➔ Imperative sentence

  ➔ "Repeat" is a base‑form verb used to give a command.

• He rules the world with truth and grace

  ➔ Simple present tense (third person singular)

  ➔ "rules" is a third‑person singular verb in the simple present.

• And makes the nations prove

  ➔ Causative verb 'make' + object + bare infinitive

  ➔ "makes" is a causative verb followed by the object "the nations" and the bare infinitive "prove".

• Joy to the world then we sing

  ➔ Adverbial time expression 'then' with present simple

  ➔ "then" functions as an adverbial time marker that pairs with the present simple verb "sing".

• Let the angel voices ring

  ➔ Let + bare infinitive (imperative)

  ➔ "ring" is the bare infinitive verb that follows "Let" to give a command.

• And wonders of His love

  ➔ Possessive pronoun 'His' + noun phrase

  ➔ "His" shows possession, linking the noun "love" to the Lord.