English Standard Version
Psalms 22:30
30Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A posterity shall serve Him. It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation,
- New Living Translation (NLT)Our children will also serve him. Future generations will hear about the wonders of the Lord.
Context of Psalms 22:30
28For kingship belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations. 29All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, even the one who could not keep himself alive. Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation; 31they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it.
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 53:10Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
- Hebrews 2:13And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again, "Behold, I and the children God has given me."
- Psalms 14:5There they are in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous.
- Psalms 24:6Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah
- Psalms 73:15If I had said, "I will speak thus," I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
- Psalms 87:6The Lord records as he registers the peoples, "This one was born there." Selah
- Matthew 3:9And do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father,' for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
- Galatians 3:26for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.
- 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies 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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