English Standard Version
Psalms 78:6
6that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children,
Psalms 78:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
- New International Version (NIV)so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children.
- New King James Version (NKJV)That the generation to come might know them, The children who would be born, That they may arise and declare them to their children,
- New Living Translation (NLT)so the next generation might know them— even the children not yet born— and they in turn will teach their own children.
Context of Psalms 78:6
4We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. 5He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, 7so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments; 8and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
Read all of Psalms 78Psalms 78:6 word by word
לְמַ֤עַן יֵדְע֨וּ׀ דּ֣וֹר אַ֭חֲרוֹן בָּנִ֣ים יִוָּלֵ֑דוּ יָ֝קֻ֗מוּ וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּ לִבְנֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 78:6
- Psalms 48:13consider well her ramparts, go through her citadels, that you may tell the next generation
- Psalms 71:18So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come.
- Psalms 102:18Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord:
- Psalms 145:4One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.
- Esther 9:28that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, in every clan, province, and city, and that these days of Purim should never fall into disuse among the Jews, nor should the commemoration of these days cease among their descendants.
- Psalms 90:16Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children.
- Deuteronomy 4:10how on the day that you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, 'Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so.'
- Joshua 22:24No, but we did it from fear that in time to come your children might say to our children, 'What have you to do with the Lord, the God of Israel?
- Joel 1:3Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation.
Commentaries on Psalms 78:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6A testimony in Jocob - This may signify the various ordinances, rites, and ceremonies prescribed by the law; and the word law may mean the moral law, or system of religious instruction, teaching them their duty to God, to their neighbor, and to themselves. These were commanded to the fathers - the patriarchs and primitive Hebrews, that they should make them known to their children, who should make them known to the generation that was to come, whose…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6That the generation to come might know them - That people in future times might enjoy the benefit of them as their fathers had done, and that they should then send them forward to those who were to succeed them. Who should arise and declare them to their children - Who, as they appeared on the stage of life, should receive the trust, and send it onward to future ages. Thus the world makes progress; thus one age starts where the previous one left off…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6The telling of the story should motivate God’s people to obey what he commanded (Deuteronomy 6:4–9).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
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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
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