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Psalms 78:6
6so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell 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:
- English Standard Version (ESV)that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to 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 descendants; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done. 5He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach their children, so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children. 7Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands. 8They would not be like their ancestors— a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him.
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, view her citadels, that you may tell of them to the next generation.
- Psalms 71:18Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.
- Psalms 102:18Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the Lord:
- Psalms 145:4One generation commends your works to another; they tell of your mighty acts.
- Esther 9:28These days should be remembered and observed in every generation by every family, and in every province and in every city. And these days of Purim should never fail to be celebrated by the Jews—nor should the memory of these days die out among their descendants.
- Psalms 90:16May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children.
- Deuteronomy 4:10Remember the day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, when he said to me, “Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn to revere me as long as they live in the land and may teach them to their children.”
- Joshua 22:24“No! We did it for fear that some day your descendants might say to ours, ‘What do you have to do with the Lord, the God of Israel?
- Joel 1:3Tell it to your children, and let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next 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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