King James Version
Psalms 22:31 in the King James Version says “They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.”
Psalms 22:31 · KJV
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
“and shall declare”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
“his righteousness”
H6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
“unto a people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“that shall be born”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
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