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Psalms 22:30
30Posterity will serve Him; They will tell of the Lord to the next generation.
Psalms 22:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
- New International Version (NIV)Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation;
- New King James Version (NKJV)A posterity shall serve Him. It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation,
Context of Psalms 22:30
28For the kingship and the kingdom are the Lord’s And He rules over the nations. 29All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship; All those who go down to the dust (the dead) will bow before Him, Even he who cannot keep his soul alive. Posterity will serve Him; They will tell of the Lord to the next generation. 31They will come and declare His righteousness To a people yet to be born—that He has done it [and that it is finished].
Read all of Psalms 22Psalms 22:30 word by word
זֶ֥רַע יַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּ יְסֻפַּ֖ר לַֽאדֹנָ֣י לַדּֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 22:30
- Isaiah 53:10Yet the Lord was willing To crush Him, causing Him to suffer; If He would give Himself as a guilt offering [an atonement for sin], He shall see His [spiritual] offspring, He shall prolong His days, And the will (good pleasure) of the Lord shall succeed and prosper in His hand.
- Hebrews 2:13And again [He says], “My trust and confident hope will be placed in Him.” And again, “Here I am, I and the children whom God has given Me.”
- Psalms 14:5There they tremble with great fear, For God is with the [consistently] righteous generation.
- Psalms 24:6This is the generation (description) of those who diligently seek Him and require Him as their greatest need, Who seek Your face, even [as did] Jacob. Selah.
- Psalms 73:15If I had said, “I will say this,” [and expressed my feelings], I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.
- Psalms 87:6The Lord will count, when He registers the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah.
- Matthew 3:9and do not presume to say to yourselves [as a defense], ‘We have Abraham for our father [so our inheritance assures us of salvation]’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children (descendants) for Abraham.
- Galatians 3:26For you [who are born-again have been reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified and] are all children of God [set apart for His purpose with full rights and privileges] through faith in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a [special] people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Commentaries on Psalms 22:30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30Shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation - They shall be called Christians after the name of Christ.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30A seed shall serve him - A people; a race. The word used here, and rendered “seed” - זרע zera‛ - means properly “a sowing;” then, a planting, a plantation; then. seed sown - of plants, trees, or grain; and then, a generation of men - children, offspring, posterity: Genesis 3:15; Genesis 13:16; Genesis 15:5, Genesis 15:13; et al. Hence, it means a race, stock, or family. It is used here as denoting those who belong to the family of God; his children…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-31Verses 22-31 The Saviour now speaks as risen from the dead. The first words of the complaint were used by Christ himself upon the cross; the first words of the triumph are expressly applied to him, He 2:12. All our praises must refer to the work of redemption. The suffering of the Redeemer was graciously accepted as a full satisfaction for sin. Though it was offered for sinful men, the Father did not despise or abhor it for our sakes. This ought to be the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30Future generations will join those from the past in praising the Lord (Psalm 22:3–5). The descendants of the godly will receive blessings (Psalm 22:30–31), unlike the children of the wicked (21:10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-3127-31. His case illustrates God's righteous government. Beyond the existing time and people, others shall be brought to acknowledge and worship God; the fat ones, or the rich as well as the poor, the helpless who cannot keep themselves alive, shall together unite in celebrating God's delivering power, and transmit to unborn people the records of His grace.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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