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Psalms 22:30
30Our children will also serve God. And they will tell their children about our Lord.
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
28The Lord rules as king over all the nations. 29All the rich people on earth will bend down, and they will worship God. Everyone will die one day. They must all bend down in front of God. Nobody can keep himself alive. Our children will also serve God. And they will tell their children about our Lord. 31They will speak about all the great things that God has done to save his people. People who have not yet been born will learn about the things that God has done.
Read all of Psalms 22Psalms 22:30 word by word
זֶ֥רַע יַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּ יְסֻפַּ֖ר לַֽאדֹנָ֣י לַדּֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 22:30
- Isaiah 53:10But it was the Lord who chose to hurt his servant. He caused his servant to receive much pain. His servant died to remove people's guilt. As a result, God will bless him with many descendants, and he will have a long life. What the Lord wants will happen, because of what his servant does.
- Hebrews 2:13He also says this: ‘I will trust God completely.’ He says this too: ‘I stand here with the children that God has given me.’
- Psalms 14:5Look at them! Now they are very afraid! They see that God is with the people who obey him.
- Psalms 24:6People like that come to God. They want to please him. They like to pray to the God of Jacob. Selah.
- Psalms 73:15If I had spoken aloud things like that, I would have turned against your own people.
- Psalms 87:6The Lord will write a list of all their names. For the people from different nations, he will say, ‘This person was born in Zion.’ Selah.
- Matthew 3:9Do not say to yourselves, “We are in the family of Abraham. God will surely not punish us.” Listen! God can take these stones and make children for Abraham out of them!
- Galatians 3:26All of you are God's children because you believe in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Peter 2:9But you are not like that. You are a special group of people that God has chosen. You serve God like priests who serve a King. You are his own holy people who belong to him. He has taken you out of the dark place of sin, and he has brought you into his great light. He has done all this so that you can tell people how great he is.
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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