Hallelujah (Gali Atari and Milk & Honey song) Hallelujah (Gali Atari and Milk & Honey song) "Hallelujah" (Hebrew script: ) was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, performed in Hebrew by Gali Atari and Milk & Honey for Israel. The group was formed for the purpose of performing in the contest when the song's original performers, the band Hakol Over Habibi (similarly made up of a female lead vocalist and three male backing vocalists), declined the opportunity to sing it. This was the fourth occasion on which the host country had won the contest (Switzerland, Spain and Luxembourg had achieved the feat before this) and
Modern English Bible translations often aimed at non-native speakers of English. Some versions have been labelled "adaptive retelling" as they take many liberties with the form of the text. Modern English Bible translations Many attempts have been made to translate the Bible into Late Modern ("c." 1700–1900) and present-day ("c." 1900–) English. The New Revised Standard Version is the version most commonly preferred by biblical scholars. In the United States, 55% of survey respondents who read the Bible reported using the King James Version in 2014, followed by 19% for the New International Version, with other versions used by fewer than 10%. The Wessex