Psalms 78:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

He established a testimony in Jacob and set a law in Israel, which He commanded our ancestors to teach their children,

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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:

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    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:

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For he established{H6965} a testimony{H5715} in Jacob,{H3290} And appointed{H7760} a law{H8451} in Israel,{H3478} Which he commanded{H6680} our fathers,{H1} That they should make them known{H3045} to their children;{H1121}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For he established{H6965}{H8686)} a testimony{H5715} in Jacob{H3290}, and appointed{H7760}{H8804)} a law{H8451} in Israel{H3478}, which he commanded{H6680}{H8765)} our fathers{H1}, that they should make them known{H3045}{H8687)} to their children{H1121}:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    He made a couenaunt with Iacob, and gaue Israel a lawe, which he comaunded oure forefathers to teach their children.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    How he established a testimonie in Iaakob, and ordeined a Law in Israel, which he commaunded our fathers, that they shoulde teache their children:

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For he reuiued a statute in Iacob, and gaue Israel a lawe: in the whiche he commaunded our forefathers to teache their children.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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;

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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;

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants,

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 81:5 : 5 For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
  • Ps 147:19 : 19 He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
  • Eph 6:4 : 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
  • Deut 4:45 : 45 These are the testimonies, statutes, and judgments that Moses spoke to the Israelites after they came out of Egypt.
  • Deut 6:7 : 7 Teach them diligently to your children, and speak of them when you sit in your house, when you walk along the road, when you lie down, and when you get up.
  • Ps 19:7 : 7 It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is hidden from its heat.
  • Rom 3:2 : 2 Much in every way! First of all, they were entrusted with the very words of God.
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
  • Isa 38:19 : 19 The living, the living—they thank You, as I do today. Fathers make Your faithfulness known to their children.
  • Ps 119:152 : 152 Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.
  • 1 John 5:9-9 : 9 If we accept human testimony, God’s testimony is greater, because it is the testimony of God which He has given about His Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within them. Whoever does not believe God has made Him a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about His Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
  • Ps 78:3-4 : 3 Things we have heard and known, which our ancestors have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, but will tell the next generation the praises of the Lord, His strength, and the wonders He has done.
  • Deut 11:19 : 19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
  • Gen 18:19 : 19 For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what He has promised him.
  • Exod 25:16 : 16 Place inside the ark the testimony that I will give you.
  • Exod 25:21 : 21 Place the mercy seat on top of the ark, and put into the ark the testimony that I will give you.
  • Exod 40:3 : 3 Place the ark of the testimony there and shield the ark with the curtain.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    87%

    6 so that the next generation would know them—children yet to be born—and in turn they would rise and tell their children,

    7 so they would put their trust in God and not forget His deeds but keep His commandments.

  • Ps 78:3-4
    2 verses
    82%

    3 Things we have heard and known, which our ancestors have told us.

    4 We will not hide them from their children, but will tell the next generation the praises of the Lord, His strength, and the wonders He has done.

  • Ps 105:8-10
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    77%

    8 He remembers His covenant forever, the word He commanded for a thousand generations.

    9 The covenant He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac.

    10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant.

  • Joel 1:3
    76%

    3 Tell it to your children, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation.

  • 1 Chr 16:17
    76%

    17 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant.

  • Deut 32:46
    75%

    46 he said to them: Set your hearts on all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law.

  • Ps 81:4-5
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    74%

    4 Blow the ram’s horn at the new moon, at the full moon, on the day of our feast.

    5 For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

  • Ps 147:19
    74%

    19 He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.

  • Deut 6:20
    74%

    20 In the future, when your son asks you, 'What is the meaning of the testimonies, statutes, and judgments that the LORD our God has commanded you?'

  • 1 Chr 16:15
    73%

    15 Remember his covenant forever, the word he commanded for a thousand generations.

  • Deut 33:4
    73%

    4 The law that Moses commanded us is a heritage for the congregation of Jacob.

  • Deut 4:10
    73%

    10 Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when the LORD said to me, 'Assemble the people for Me, and I will let them hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and to teach them to their children.'

  • Ps 105:45
    73%

    45 so that they might keep His statutes and observe His laws. Praise the LORD!

  • Josh 22:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27 but as a witness between us and you and the generations that follow, that we will worship the LORD at His sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and fellowship offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD.’

    28 And we said, ‘If they ever say this to us or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the altar of the LORD, which our ancestors built—not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’

  • 1 Chr 28:8
    72%

    8 Now, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, observe and seek all the commandments of the LORD your God so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance for your descendants forever.

  • Ps 89:30
    72%

    30 I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.

  • Gen 18:19
    71%

    19 For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what He has promised him.

  • Josh 4:6
    71%

    6 This will serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

  • 1 Kgs 8:58
    71%

    58 May He turn our hearts to Him, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commands, statutes, and judgments, which He gave to our ancestors.

  • Deut 4:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13 He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to keep—the Ten Commandments—and He wrote them on two stone tablets.

    14 The LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, so that you would observe them in the land you are crossing over to possess.

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    7 He made His ways known to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel.

  • Neh 9:14
    71%

    14 You made Your holy Sabbath known to them, and You gave them commandments, statutes, and laws through Your servant Moses.

  • Deut 6:17
    71%

    17 Diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, as well as His testimonies and statutes that He has commanded you.

  • Ps 132:12
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    12 If your sons keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their sons also will sit upon your throne forever.

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    71%

    20 You will show faithfulness to Jacob and steadfast love to Abraham, as You promised to our fathers in days of old.

  • Deut 4:44
    71%

    44 This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites.

  • Deut 31:13
    70%

    13 And their children, who do not know it yet, will hear it and learn to fear the LORD your God as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

  • Deut 11:19
    70%

    19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

  • Exod 10:2
    70%

    2 And so that you may tell in the hearing of your son and your grandson how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and about the signs I performed among them, so that you will know that I am the LORD.

  • Deut 5:2
    70%

    2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

  • Deut 6:7
    70%

    7 Teach them diligently to your children, and speak of them when you sit in your house, when you walk along the road, when you lie down, and when you get up.

  • Jer 5:20
    70%

    20 Declare this to the house of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah, saying:

  • Ps 105:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5 Remember the wonders He has done, His miracles, and the judgments He has spoken.

    6 Descendants of Abraham, His servant, children of Jacob, His chosen ones.

  • Deut 32:7
    70%

    7 Remember the days of old; consider the years of past generations. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you.

  • Deut 33:10
    70%

    10 They will teach Your judgments to Jacob and Your law to Israel; they will offer incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.

  • Josh 4:21
    70%

    21 He said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What do these stones mean?’

  • Deut 4:5
    69%

    5 See, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as the LORD my God commanded me, so that you may act according to them in the land you are entering to possess.

  • Deut 29:13
    69%

    13 It is not with you alone that I am making this covenant and this oath.