Psalms 78:4

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² I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

³ Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

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:

⁶ That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.
KJV: 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.
WEB: We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.
ASV: We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done.
DARBY: We will not hide [them] from their sons, shewing forth to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength, and his marvellous works which he hath done.
BLB: We will not hide [them] from their children, recounting to a following generation: The praises of YHWH, and His strength, and His wonders that He has done.

ÅB: det vil vi ikke dølge for deres barn, men for den kommende slekt fortelle Herrens pris og hans styrke og de undergjerninger som han har gjort.
OTB: Vi vil ikke skjule dem for deres barn,
Men vi vil forkynne for den kommende generasjon Herrens lovsanger,
Og Hans makt og de underfulle gjerninger Han har utført.
B1930: det vil vi ikke dølge for deres barn, men for den kommende slekt fortelle Herrens pris og hans styrke og de undergjerninger som han har gjort.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 11:19
And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
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Joel 1:3
Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
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Deuteronomy 4:9
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
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Psalms 145:4–6
One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
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Deuteronomy 6:7
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
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Psalms 71:17–18
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
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Psalms 10:1–5
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
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Joshua 4:6–7
That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
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