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

1Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 4We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of Yhwh, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. 5For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

Psalms 78:3 word by word

אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁ֭מַעְנוּ וַנֵּדָעֵ֑ם וַ֝אֲבוֹתֵ֗ינוּ סִפְּרוּ־לָֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear

• 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 44:1We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
• Psalms 48:8As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of Yhwh of Armies, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
• Exodus 12:26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
• Exodus 13:8And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which Yhwh did unto me when I came forth 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