Bible Strands
Psalms 78:6
that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses Israel, extending the command to teach God's law to the next generation.
The words — The conjunction לְמַ֤עַן (le.ma.'an) translates as "so that," framing the purpose of the instruction. The verb יִוָּלֵ֑דוּ (yi.va.le.du) literally means "they will be born," specifying children not yet born.
The thread — This intergenerational command parallels the transmission mandates in Joel 1:3, Psalms 102:18, and Deuteronomy 4:10.
Why it lands — The text requires believers to actively preserve and verbally recount divine acts to descendants who do not yet exist.
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The Hebrew words
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:
Cross-references
- Joel 1:3 Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.
- Psalms 102:18 Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 4:10 The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”
- Esther 9:28 These days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.
- Psalms 22:31 They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn—all that He has done.
- Psalms 90:16 May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.
- Psalms 145:4 One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—
- Joshua 22:24 But in fact we have done this for fear that in the future your descendants might say to ours, ‘What have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?
- Psalms 48:13 consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
- Psalms 71:18 Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.