Psalm 78:4
New International Version
We will not hide them from their descendants; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done.

New Living Translation
We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the LORD, about his power and his mighty wonders.

English Standard Version
We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.

Berean Standard Bible
We 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.

King James Bible
We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

New King James Version
We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.

New American Standard Bible
We will not conceal them from their children, But we will tell the generation to come the praises of the LORD, And His power and His wondrous works that He has done.

NASB 1995
We will not conceal them from their children, But tell to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, And His strength and His wondrous works that He has done.

NASB 1977
We will not conceal them from their children, But tell to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, And His strength and His wondrous works that He has done.

Legacy Standard Bible
We will not conceal them from their children, But recount to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, And His strength and His wondrous deeds that He has done.

Amplified Bible
We will not hide them from their children, But [we will] tell to the generation to come the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, And [tell of] His great might and power and the wonderful works that He has done.

Christian Standard Bible
We will not hide them from their children, but will tell a future generation the praiseworthy acts of the LORD, his might, and the wondrous works he has performed.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
We must not hide them from their children, but must tell a future generation the praises of the LORD, His might, and the wonderful works He has performed.

American Standard Version
We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Which we will not hide from their children, but to the generation following we shall tell the praises of LORD JEHOVAH, his power and his wonders which he did.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
They were not hid from their children to a second generations; the fathers declaring the praises of the Lord, and his mighty acts, and his wonders which he wrought.

Contemporary English Version
and we will tell them to the next generation. We won't keep secret the glorious deeds and the mighty miracles of the LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They have not been hidden from their children, in another generation. Declaring the praises of the Lord, and his powers, and his wonders which he hath done.

English Revised Version
We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
We will not hide them from our children. We will tell the next generation about the LORD's power and great deeds and the miraculous things he has done.

Good News Translation
We will not keep them from our children; we will tell the next generation about the LORD's power and his great deeds and the wonderful things he has done.

International Standard Version
We will not withhold them from their descendants; we'll declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD— his might and awesome deeds that he has performed.

JPS Tanakh 1917
We will not hide from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, And His strength, and His wondrous works that He hath done.

Literal Standard Version
We do not hide from their sons, | Recounting praises of YHWH to a later generation, | And His strength, and His wonders that He has done.

Majority Standard Bible
We 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.

New American Bible
We do not keep them from our children; we recount them to the next generation, The praiseworthy deeds of the LORD and his strength, the wonders that he performed.

NET Bible
we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the LORD's praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done.

New Revised Standard Version
We will not hide them from their children; we will tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.

New Heart English Bible
We will not hide them from their descendants, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, his strength, and his wondrous works that he has done.

Webster's Bible Translation
We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

World English Bible
We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.

Young's Literal Translation
We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done.

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Context
I Will Open My Mouth in Parables
3that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us. 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,…

Cross References
Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Exodus 12:26
When your children ask you, 'What does this service mean to you?'

Exodus 13:8
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.'

Exodus 13:14
In the future, when your son asks you, 'What does this mean?' you are to tell him, 'With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Deuteronomy 6:7
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.

Deuteronomy 11:19
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.

Job 15:18
what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,


Treasury of Scripture

We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he has done.

we will

Psalm 145:4-6
One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts…

Deuteronomy 4:9
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

Deuteronomy 6:7
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

shewing

Psalm 71:18
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

Deuteronomy 11:19
And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Joshua 4:6,7,21-24
That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? …

praises

Psalm 9:14
That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

Psalm 10:1-5
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? …

Psalm 145:5,6
I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works…

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Psalm 78
1. An exhortation both to learn and to preach, the law of God
9. The story of God's wrath against the incredulous and disobedient
67. The Israelites being rejected, God chose Judah, Zion, and David.














Verse 4. - We will not hide them from their children. They shall still be handed down in the same way. We of this generation will still continue the practice of handing down, by word of mouth, to the next generation, how God has dealt with Israel. Asaph's psalms were written, it must be remembered, to be recited in the services of the sanctuary (comp. 2 Chronicles 29:30). Showing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord; i.e. the actions for which he deserves praise. And his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done (comp. vers. 12-16, and vers. 23-55).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
We will not
לֹ֤א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

hide
נְכַחֵ֨ד ׀ (nə·ḵa·ḥêḏ)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 3582: To secrete, by act, word, to destroy

[them] from their children,
מִבְּנֵיהֶ֗ם (mib·bə·nê·hem)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

but will declare
מְֽ֭סַפְּרִים (mə·sap·pə·rîm)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 5608: To count, recount, relate

to the next
אַחֲר֗וֹן (’a·ḥă·rō·wn)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 314: Hinder, late, last, western

generation
לְד֥וֹר (lə·ḏō·wr)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1755: A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling

the praises
תְּהִלּ֣וֹת (tə·hil·lō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 8416: Praise, song of praise

of the LORD
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and His might,
וֶעֱזוּז֥וֹ (we·‘ĕ·zū·zōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5807: Strength, might, fierceness

and the wonders
וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו (wə·nip̄·lə·’ō·w·ṯāw)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6381: To separate, distinguish, to be, great, difficult, wonderful

He has performed.
עָשָֽׂה׃ (‘ā·śāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make


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