King James Version
Psalms 78:6 in the King James Version says “That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them t...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:”
Psalms 78:6 · KJV
We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
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:
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. that: Heb. that prepared not their heart
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
“might know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“That the generation”
H1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation; also a dwelling
“to come”
H314hinder; generally, late or last; specifically (as facing the east) western
“them even the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“which should be born”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
“who should arise”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“and declare”
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
“them even the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
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