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Psalms 78:3

God's wordParents and children

1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

2 I 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.

4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

5 For 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:

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Compare

BSB
that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
KJV
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
WEB
which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
ASV
Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
DARBY
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us:
BLB
which we have heard and known, and our fathers have recounted to us.
ÅB
Det vi har hørt og vet, og det våre fedre har fortalt oss,
OTB
Som vi har hørt og kjent,
Og som våre forfedre har fortalt oss.
B1930
Det vi har hørt og vet, og det våre fedre har fortalt oss,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 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 times of old.

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  • Exodus 12:26–27

    And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?

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  • Exodus 13:8

    And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.

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  • Exodus 13:14–15

    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 the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:

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  • Psalms 48:8

    As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

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