Psalms 78:6

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

5And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.

7And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands.

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Cross References

Exodus 10:2and so that thou recountest in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, that which I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have set among them, and ye have known that I [am] Jehovah.'

Joshua 22:24'And if not, from fear of [this] thing we have done it, saying, Hereafter your sons do speak to ours sons, saying, What to you and to Jehovah God of Israel?

Psalms 22:31They come and declare His righteousness, To a people that is borne, that He hath made!

Psalms 71:18And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might.

Psalms 102:18This is written for a later generation, And the people created do praise Jah.

Joel 1:3Concerning it to your sons talk ye, And your sons to their sons, And their sons to another generation.

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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