Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach their children, New Living Translation For he issued his laws to Jacob; he gave his instructions to Israel. He commanded our ancestors to teach them to their children, English Standard Version He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, Berean Standard Bible For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children, King James Bible 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: New King James 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; New American Standard Bible For He established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers That they were to teach them to their children, NASB 1995 For He established a testimony in Jacob And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers That they should teach them to their children, NASB 1977 For He established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers, That they should teach them to their children, Legacy Standard Bible For He established a testimony in Jacob And set a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers That they should teach them to their children, Amplified Bible For He established a testimony (a specific precept) in Jacob And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers That they should teach to their children [the great facts of God’s transactions with Israel], Christian Standard Bible He established a testimony in Jacob and set up a law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach to their children Holman Christian Standard Bible He established a testimony in Jacob and set up a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children American 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; Contemporary English Version God gave his Law to Jacob's descendants, the people of Israel. And he told our ancestors to teach their children, English Revised 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: GOD'S WORD® Translation He established written instructions for Jacob's people. He gave his teachings to Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make them known to their children Good News Translation He gave laws to the people of Israel and commandments to the descendants of Jacob. He instructed our ancestors to teach his laws to their children, International Standard Version He established a decree in Jacob, and established the Law in Israel, that he commanded our ancestors to reveal to their children Majority Standard Bible For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children, NET Bible 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, New Heart English Bible 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; Webster's Bible Translation 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: World English Bible For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children; Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd He raises up a testimony in Jacob, "" And has placed a law in Israel, "" That He commanded our fathers, "" To make them known to their sons. Young's Literal Translation 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. Smith's Literal Translation For he raised up a testimony in Jacob and set a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to make them known to their sons: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd he set up a testimony in Jacob: and made a law in Israel. How great things he commanded our fathers, that they should make the same known to their children: Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible God made a decree in Jacob, established a law in Israel: Which he commanded our ancestors, they were to teach their children; New Revised Standard Version He established a decree in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach to their children; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor he established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers that they should make known to their children, Peshitta Holy Bible Translated He established his testimony in Jacob and he set his law in Israel, as he commanded our fathers to make known to their children OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For 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; Brenton Septuagint Translation And he raised up a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, to make it known to their children: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context I Will Open My Mouth in Parables…4We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed. 5For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children, 6that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children… Cross References Deuteronomy 6:6-9 These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. / And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. / Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. ... Deuteronomy 4:9-10 Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren. / 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.” Exodus 13:8-9 And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ / It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt. Deuteronomy 11:18-21 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. / Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. / Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates, ... Deuteronomy 31:12-13 Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law. / Then their children who do not know the law will listen and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.” Joshua 4:6-7 to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ / you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites forever.” Exodus 12:26-27 When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’ / you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped. Deuteronomy 32:7 Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you. 2 Timothy 3:15 From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Genesis 18:19 For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.” Isaiah 38:19 The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness. Joel 1:3 Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation. Matthew 28:19-20 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, / and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Treasury of Scripture 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: for he Psalm 81:5 Psalm 119:152 Psalm 147:19 testimony. Exodus 25:16,21 Exodus 40:3,20 that they Psalm 78:3,4 Genesis 18:19 Isaiah 38:19 Jump to Previous Appointed Children Commanded Decreed Established Fathers Forefathers Israel Jacob Law Placed Raiseth Statutes Teach Teaching Testimony WitnessJump to Next Appointed Children Commanded Decreed Established Fathers Forefathers Israel Jacob Law Placed Raiseth Statutes Teach Teaching Testimony WitnessPsalm 78 1. An exhortation both to learn and to preach, the law of God9. The story of God's wrath against the incredulous and disobedient 67. The Israelites being rejected, God chose Judah, Zion, and David. He established a testimony in Jacob The phrase "He established" indicates a divine action, underscoring God's sovereign initiative in setting forth His covenant and laws. The Hebrew root for "established" is "קוּם" (qum), which conveys the idea of rising, standing, or confirming. This suggests that God's testimony is not only set in place but is enduring and unshakeable. The "testimony" refers to the law or covenant given to the people of Israel, a binding witness to God's will and character. "In Jacob" signifies the nation of Israel, descended from Jacob, highlighting the special relationship and covenantal bond between God and His chosen people. and appointed a law in Israel which He commanded our fathers to teach their children Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew For He establishedוַיָּ֤קֶם (way·yā·qem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand a testimony עֵד֨וּת ׀ (‘ê·ḏūṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5715: Testimony in Jacob בְּֽיַעֲקֹ֗ב (bə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc and appointed שָׂ֤ם (śām) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set a law וְתוֹרָה֮ (wə·ṯō·w·rāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8451: Direction, instruction, law in Israel, בְּיִשְׂרָ֫אֵ֥ל (bə·yiś·rā·’êl) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc which אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that He commanded צִ֭וָּה (ṣiw·wāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order our fathers אֲבוֹתֵ֑ינוּ (’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 1: Father to teach לְ֝הוֹדִיעָ֗ם (lə·hō·w·ḏî·‘ām) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3045: To know to their children, לִבְנֵיהֶֽם׃ (liḇ·nê·hem) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1121: A son Links Psalm 78:5 NIVPsalm 78:5 NLT Psalm 78:5 ESV Psalm 78:5 NASB Psalm 78:5 KJV Psalm 78:5 BibleApps.com Psalm 78:5 Biblia Paralela Psalm 78:5 Chinese Bible Psalm 78:5 French Bible Psalm 78:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 78:5 For he established a testimony in Jacob (Psalm Ps Psa.) |