Parallel Verses

NET Bible

A whole generation will serve him; they will tell the next generation about the sovereign Lord.

New American Standard Bible

Posterity will serve Him;
It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation.

King James Version

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

Holman Bible

Their descendants will serve Him;
the next generation will be told about the Lord.

International Standard Version

Our descendants will serve him, and that generation will be told about the Lord.

A Conservative Version

A seed shall serve him. It shall be told of LORD to the [next] generation.

American Standard Version

A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation.

Amplified


Posterity will serve Him;
They will tell of the Lord to the next generation.

Bible in Basic English

A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.

Darby Translation

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

Julia Smith Translation

A seed shall serve him; it shall be numbered to Jehovah for a generation.

King James 2000

A posterity shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Descendants will serve him. Regarding the Lord, it will be told to the [next] generation.

Modern King James verseion

A seed shall serve Him; it shall be spoken of Jehovah to the coming generation.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

My seed shall serve him; they shall be counted unto the LORD for a generation.

New Heart English Bible

Posterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.

The Emphasized Bible

My seed, shall serve him, It shall he recounted, of the Lord, to a generation that shall come:

Webster

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

World English Bible

Posterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.

Youngs Literal Translation

A seed doth serve Him, It is declared of the Lord to the generation.

References

Context Readings

From Suffering To Praise

29 All of the thriving people of the earth will join the celebration and worship; all those who are descending into the grave will bow before him, including those who cannot preserve their lives. 30 A whole generation will serve him; they will tell the next generation about the sovereign Lord. 31 They will come and tell about his saving deeds; they will tell a future generation what he has accomplished.


Cross References

Psalm 14:5

They are absolutely terrified, for God defends the godly.

Psalm 24:6

Such purity characterizes the people who seek his favor, Jacob's descendants, who pray to him. (Selah)

Psalm 73:15

If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your loyal followers.

Psalm 87:6

The Lord writes in the census book of the nations, "This one was born there." (Selah)

Psalm 102:28

The children of your servants will settle down here, and their descendants will live securely in your presence."

Isaiah 53:10

Though the Lord desired to crush him and make him ill, once restitution is made, he will see descendants and enjoy long life, and the Lord's purpose will be accomplished through him.

Matthew 3:9

and don't think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

Galatians 3:26-29

For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.

Hebrews 2:13

Again he says, "I will be confident in him," and again, "Here I am, with the children God has given me."

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

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