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 law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old, Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us: 4We will not hide [them] from their sons, shewing forth to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength, and his marvellous works which he hath done. 5For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

Psalms 78:3 word by word

אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁ֭מַעְנוּ וַנֵּדָעֵ֑ם וַ֝אֲבוֹתֵ֗ינוּ סִפְּרוּ־לָֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear

• heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• knownיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1

Cross-references for Psalms 78:3

• Psalms 44:1O God, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, the work thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old:
• Psalms 48:8As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God doth establish it for ever. Selah.
• Exodus 12:26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say to you, What mean ye by this service?
• Exodus 13:8And thou shalt inform thy son in that day, saying, It is because of what Jehovah did to 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
• Psalms
• Dark Sayings
• God
• Hezekiah (2)
• 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