Psalms 78:3

Psalms 78:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
• New International Version (NIV)things we have heard and known, things our ancestors have told us.
• English Standard Version (ESV)things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.

Context of Psalms 78:3

1Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth. 2I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning, that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us. 4We will not hide them from their children but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might and the wonders He has performed. 5For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,

Psalms 78:3 word by word

אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁ֭מַעְנוּ וַנֵּדָעֵ֑ם וַ֝אֲבוֹתֵ֗ינוּ סִפְּרוּ־לָֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear

• thatאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• we have heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• and knownיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• and our fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• have relayedסָפַרsâphar · to recountH5608

Cross-references for Psalms 78:3

• Psalms 44:1We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
• Psalms 48:8As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah
• Exodus 12:26When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’
• Exodus 13:8And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

Commentaries on Psalms 78:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Which we have heard and known - We have heard the law, and known the facts.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Which we have heard and known - Which have been communicated to us as certain truth. And our fathers have told us - That is, we have heard and known them by their telling us; or, this is the means by which we have known them. They have come down to us by tradition from ancient times.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4This story of what God has done should be told from generation to generation (see Deuteronomy 6:20–25; Proverbs 4:1–4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-83-8. This history had been handed down (Ex 12:14; De 6:20) for God's honor, and that the principles of His law might be known and observed by posterity. This important sentiment is reiterated in (Psa 78:7, 8) negative form.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 78:3

• Children
• Commandments
• Instruction
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Asaph
• Compassion
• Consume
• Gush
• Limit
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• Korahites; Sons of Korah

Commentaries on Psalms 78

• 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