Psalms 78:5
3 that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
4 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.
For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,
6 that the coming generation would know them— even children yet to be born— to arise and tell their own children
7 that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
- ASV
- 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;
- DARBY
- 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;
- BLB
- For He established a testimony in Jacob, and a law He has appointed in Israel, which He commanded [to] our fathers, to make them known to their sons,
- ÅB
- Han har reist et vitnesbyrd i Jakob og satt en lov i Israel, som han befalte våre fedre å kunngjøre sine barn,
- OTB
- For Han opprettet et vitnesbyrd i Jakob,
Og satte en lov i Israel,
Som Han påla våre forfedre
Så de kunne lære det til sine barn, - B1930
- Han har reist et vidnesbyrd i Jakob og satt en lov i Israel, som han bød våre fedre å kunngjøre sine barn,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Read in contextGenesis 18:19
For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 6:7
And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:45
These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,
Read in contextPsalms 81:5
He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
Read in contextIsaiah 38:19
The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
Read in contextIsaiah 8:20
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 11:19
Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
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