Psalms 78:6

To the end, A later generation, might come to know, Children who should be born, Who should arise, and recount [them] to their children;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5When he set up a testimony in Jacob, And, a law, appointed in Israel,—Which he commanded our fathers, That they might make them known to their children;

7That they might set, in Elohim, their confidence,—And not forget the doings of El, But, his commandments, might observe;

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Cross References

Exodus 10:2and that thou mayest recount in the ears of thy son and thy sons’ son, what I did in derision of the Egyptians, and my signs which I displayed among them,—so shall ye know that I, am Yahweh.

Joshua 22:24if, indeed, we have not, rather, out of anxiety and of purpose, done this thing, saying,—. In time to come, your sons might speak to our sons, saying, What have ye to do with Yahweh, God of Israel;

Psalms 22:31That his righteousness may be declared to a people to be born, That he wrought with effect!

Psalms 71:18Even now, therefore, that I am old and grayheaded, O God, do not forsake me,—Until I tell of thine arm unto a [new] generation, Unto every one that is to come, thy might;

Psalms 102:18This, shall be written, for a later generation, And, a people to be created, will give praise unto Yah:—

Joel 1:3Concerning it, to your children, tell ye the story,—and your children, to their children, and their children, to the generation following:—

Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:2-9

The Importance of Religious Instruction. 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: 3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, showing 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… Read the whole commentary →

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