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Psalm 78:5–6

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5He established a testimony in Jacob

and set up a law in Israel,

which he commanded our ancestors

to teach to their childrenl

6so that a future generation—

children yet to be born—might know.

They were to rise and tell their childrenm

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Cross references

  1. lPs 19:7; 81:5; 147:19
  2. mDt 11:19; Ps 22:31; 102:18

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He established a testimony in Jacob

and appointed a law in Israel,

which he commanded our fathers

to teach to their children,

that the next generation might know them,

the children yet unborn,

and arise and tell them to their children,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He decreed statutes for Jacob

and established the law in Israel,

which he commanded our ancestors

to teach their children,

so the next generation would know them,

even the children yet to be born,

and they in turn would tell their children.

NLTNew Living Translation

For he issued his laws to Jacob;

he gave his instructions to Israel.

He commanded our ancestors

to teach them to their children,

so the next generation might know them—

even the children not yet born—

and they in turn will teach their own children.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For he established a testimony in Jacob,

and appointed a law in Israel,

which he commanded our ancestors

to teach to their children,

so that the next generation might know—

children yet to be born—

that they might rise up and tell their children,

KJV 1900King James Version

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:

That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born;

Who should arise and declare them to their children: