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

1My people, listen to what I am teaching you. Listen to the words that I speak. 2I will tell you something to make you wise. Then you will understand things that happened long ago. We have heard about these things and we know them. Our ancestors have told them to us, 4and we will not hide them from our children. We will tell our children and our grandchildren why they should praise the Lord. We will tell them about his strength, and about the great things that he has done. 5He gave his laws to Jacob's descendants, the Israelite people. He commanded our ancestors to teach them to their children.

Psalms 78:3 word by word

אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁ֭מַעְנוּ וַנֵּדָעֵ֑ם וַ֝אֲבוֹתֵ֗ינוּ סִפְּרוּ־לָֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Which we have heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• and knownיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• and our fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• have toldסָפַרsâphar · to recountH5608

Cross-references for Psalms 78:3

• Psalms 44:1God, we have heard it for ourselves. Our ancestors told us what you did for them a long time ago.
• Psalms 48:8We had heard about the great things that God has done. Now we have seen them for ourselves, here in the city of the Lord Almighty, the city of our God. It is God who keeps the city safe for ever! Selah.
• Exodus 12:26Your children may say to you, “What does this feast mean?”
• Exodus 13:8On that day, you must tell your children the reason for this festival. Tell them, “We do this because of what the Lord did for us. He brought us 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