[5] More recently, Oxford University Press published the text set to a completely new tune composed by Matthew Owens in 2015 in the form of a choral anthem.

[6] A number of alternative versions exist, including Percy Dearmer's "How great the Harvest is";[7] "This Joyful Eastertide, What need is there for grieving?"

and "How rich, at Eastertide", both by Fred Pratt Green;[8][9] and in German, "Der schöne Ostertag" (Jurgen Henkys, 1983) and "Die frohe Osterzeit" (Friedrich Hoffmann, 1986).

[11] It also appears as a hymn tune in Joachim Oudaen's 1685 psalter, "David's Psalmen" as a setting for "Hoe groot de vruchten zijn",[12][10] a paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 15:12-23.

In both instances the ascending repeats of the final line of the refrain effectively support the respective central messages of the paraphrased Bible verses.

Joseph Butler, an Amsterdam municipal musician of English origin, published a number of variations for the keyboard based on the same tune.