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Psalms 78:3
3which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
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
1A contemplative song of Asaph. Listen, my people, to my teaching. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth. 2I will open my mouth with a parable. I will utter perplexing sayings from of old, which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 4We will not hide them from their children, telling to the next generation the praises of Adonai and His strength and the wonders He has done. 5For He established a testimony in Jacob and ordained Torah in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach their children,
Read all of Psalms 78Psalms 78:3 word by word
אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁ֭מַעְנוּ וַנֵּדָעֵ֑ם וַ֝אֲבוֹתֵ֗ינוּ סִפְּרוּ־לָֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 78:3
- Psalms 44:1For the music director, a psalm of the sons of Korah, a contemplative song.
- Psalms 48:8With an east wind You broke the ships of Tarshish.
- Exodus 12:26Now when it happens that your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’
- Exodus 13:8“You are to tell your son on that day saying, ‘It is because of what Adonai did for me when I came 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
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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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