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Psalms 78:6
6so that the next generation might know, even the children yet to be born: they will arise and 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:
- 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.
- 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,
Context of Psalms 78:6
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, so that the next generation might know, even the children yet to be born: they will arise and tell their children. 7Then they will put their trust in God, not forgetting the works of God, but keeping His mitzvot. 8So they will not be like their fathers— a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not prepare its heart, whose spirit was not loyal 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 48:13Walk about Zion, go around her. Count her towers.
- Psalms 71:18So even until I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, till I tell of Your strong arm to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
- Psalms 102:18He has turned to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
- Psalms 145:4One generation will praise Your works to another and declare Your mighty acts.
- Esther 9:28These days should be remembered and observed in every generation by every family and in every province and every city. These days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor their remembrance perish from their descendants.
- Psalms 90:16Let Your work appear to Your servants, and Your splendor on their children.
- Deuteronomy 4:10The day that you stood before Adonai your God in Horeb, Adonai said to me, ‘Gather the people to Me and I will make them hear My words, so that they learn to fear Me all the days that they live on the earth, and so that they teach their children.’
- Joshua 22:24But we have done this rather out of anxious concern, for a reason, saying: ‘In the future, your children might say to our children: “What have you to do with Adonai, God of Israel?
- Joel 1:3Tell your children about it— your children to their children, 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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