Psalms 145:4

What does Psalms 145:4 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 145:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

One generation shall laud thy works to another, And shall declare thy mighty acts.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

One generation shall laud thy works to another, And shall declare thy mighty acts.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

One generation after another will give praise to your great acts, and make clear the operation of your strength.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Generation to generation praiseth Thy works, And Thy mighty acts they declare.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return into his earth: in that day all their thoughts shall perish.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

One generation shall laud thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

Context

v.3Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised; And his greatness is unsearchable.

v.4This passage

v.5Of the glorious majesty of thine honor, And of thy wondrous works, will I meditate.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Joshua 4:21

    And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

  • Psalms 71:18

    Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.

  • Exodus 13:14

    And it shall be, when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:

  • Psalms 44:1

    We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old.

  • Isaiah 38:19

    The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.

  • Deuteronomy 6:7

    and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

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