King James Version
Psalms 22:30 in the King James Version says “A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.”
Psalms 22:30 · KJV
For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.
All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“shall serve”
H5647to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc
“him it shall be accounted”
H5608properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebra
“for a generation”
H1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation; also a dwelling
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