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Psalms 78:6

What does Psalms 78:6 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 78:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

That the generation to come might knowthem, even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tellthemto their children,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

That the generation to come might knowthem, even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tellthemto their children,

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

So that the generation to come might have knowledge of them, even the children of the future, who would give word of them to their children;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that have not known thee: and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

That the generation to come might know [them], the children that should be born; that they might rise up and tell [them] to their children,

Context

v.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;

v.6This passage

v.7That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,

Cross references

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

  • Joel 1:3

    Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

  • Psalms 145:4

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

  • Psalms 48:13

    Mark ye well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces: That ye may tell it to the generation following.

  • Esther 9:28

    and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the remembrance of them perish from their seed.

  • Psalms 22:31

    They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.

  • Psalms 102:18

    This shall be written for the generation to come; And a people which shall be created shall praise Jehovah.

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