Psalms 78:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמַ֤עַן יֵדְע֨וּ ׀ דּ֣וֹר אַ֭חֲרוֹן בָּנִ֣ים יִוָּלֵ֑דוּ יָ֝קֻ֗מוּ וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּ לִבְנֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

In order that lᵉmaʿan yēḏᵉʿû dôr ʾaḥărôn bānîm yiwwālēḏû yāqumû and wîsappᵉrû to their liḇnêhem

Grammar Details

• *lᵉmaʿan*: conjunction - in order that/so that
• *yēḏᵉʿû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will know
• *dôr*: noun, masculine singular - generation
• *ʾaḥărôn*: adjective, masculine singular - later/coming/last
• *bānîm*: noun, masculine plural - children/sons
• *yiwwālēḏû*: niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be born
• *yāqumû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will arise
• *wîsappᵉrû*: waw consecutive + piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they will tell/recount
• *liḇnêhem*: preposition + noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to their children/sons

Word Meanings

• *lᵉmaʿan*: in order that/so that/for the purpose of
• *yēḏᵉʿû*: they will know/understand/learn
• *dôr*: generation/age/period
• *ʾaḥărôn*: later/following/coming/last
• *yiwwālēḏû*: they will be born/brought forth
• *yāqumû*: they will arise/stand up/come on the scene
• *wîsappᵉrû*: and they will tell/recount/declare/relate

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  That the generation to come might know them, even the children who should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  That the generation to come might know [them], even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tell [them] to their children,

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  That the generation to come might know{H8799)} them, even the children which should be born{H8735)}; who should arise{H8799)} and declare{H8762)} them to their children:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  That their posterite might knowe it, and the children which were yet vnborne.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  That the posteritie might knowe it, and the children, which should be borne, should stand vp, and declare it to their children:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  To the intent the posteritie shoulde knowe it, and children whiche shalbe borne: that they shoulde ryse vp and declare it to their children.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  That the generation to come might know [them, even] the children [which] should be born; [who] should arise and declare [them] to their children:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  That the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; Who should arise and tell their children,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  That the generation to come might know `them', even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tell `them' to their children,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  That the generation to come might know [them], even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tell [them] to their children,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So that the generation to come might have knowledge of them, even the children of the future, who would give word of them to their children;

• World English Bible (2000)

  that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 102:18 : 18 The LORD has turned to the prayer of the destitute and has not despised their prayer.
• Ps 145:4 : 4 Generation after generation will praise your works and declare your mighty acts.
• Joel 1:3 : 3 Tell it to your children, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation.
• Deut 4:10 : 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.'
• Josh 22:24-25 : 24 We did this because we feared that someday your descendants might say to ours, ‘What do you have to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?’ 25 The LORD has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you—you Reubenites and Gadites! You have no share in the LORD.’ So your descendants might cause ours to stop worshiping the LORD.
• Esth 9:28 : 28 These days should be remembered and observed in every generation by every family, in every province, and in every city. And these days of Purim should never cease to be celebrated by the Jews, nor should their memory fade from their descendants.
• Ps 22:31 : 31 Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.
• Ps 48:13 : 13 Walk around Zion, go around her; count her towers.
• Ps 71:18 : 18 Even when I am old and my hair turns gray, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.
• Ps 90:16 : 16 May your deeds be shown to your servants, and your splendor to their children.