That the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; Who should arise and tell their children,
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That the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; Who should arise and tell 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:
So that the later generation might know, the children yet to be born, and they will rise up and tell to their children.
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That the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; Who should arise and tell their children,
that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children
that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own 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 the generation to come might know `them', even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tell `them' to their children,
That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and tell them to their children:
That the posteritie might knowe it, and the children, which should be borne, should stand vp, and declare it to their children:
that another generation might know them. The children that should be born and should rise up, and declare them to their children.
So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,
So that a later generation knows, || Sons who are born, rise and recount to their sons,
He commanded this so that the generation to come might know his decrees, the children not yet born, who should tell them in turn to their own children.
So that the later generation might know, the children yet to be born, and they will rise up and tell to their children.
That the generation to come might know [them], the children that should be born; that they might rise up and tell [them] to their children,
that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,
That the generation to come might know them, even the children who should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
so that the next generation—children yet to be born—would understand and grow up to teach their children.
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;
That the generation to come might know them, even the children that should be born; who should arise and tell them to their children,
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Shared distinctive vocabulary
אַ֭חֲרוֹן behind H314 occurs in 48 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
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Repetition
A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:
Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 21 words from the Hebrew and 22 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.
A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.
Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.
In the original languages it is 9 Hebrew tokens and 16 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.
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You’re reading Greek Psalm 77 (Hebrew Psalm 78). The Septuagint counts the superscription, so verse numbers can differ from the Hebrew — chapter-level alignment, not verse-by-verse. Numbering follows Rahlfs.
These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.
לְמַ֤עַן יֵדְע֨וּ דּ֣וֹר אַ֭חֲרוֹן בָּנִ֣ים יִוָּלֵ֑דוּ יָ֝קֻ֗מוּ וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּ לִבְנֵיהֶֽם
That the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; Who should arise and tell their children,
World English Bible · Public Domain
ὅπως ἄν γιγνώσκω γενεά ἕτερος υἱός ὁ τίκτω καί ἀναἵστημι καί ἀποἀγγέλλω αὐτός ὁ υἱός αὐτός
that another generation might know, even the sons which should be born; and they should arise and declare them to their children.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
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Psalms, in the Wisdom, opens this verse with 9 words (8 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʼachărôwn (“behind”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Commentary
Notes on Psalms 78:6 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
J. A. Alexander on Psalms
Joseph Addison Alexander
Joseph Addison Alexander, The Psalms Translated and Explained (1850) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Geneva Bible (1599)
Geneva Bible translators
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.
John Calvin's Commentaries
John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
The Treasury of David
Charles H. Spurgeon
Charles H. Spurgeon's The Treasury of David (1869–1885) — public domain. Psalms only. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.