Parallel Verses

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.

NET Bible

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

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 prosperous people on earth will eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust will kneel in front of him, even those who are barely alive. 30 Posterity will serve Him;
It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation.
31 They will tell people yet to be born about the righteousness he has performed.

Cross References

Psalm 14:5

They were in great fear and panic because God is with the righteous person.

Psalm 24:6

This is the person who seeks him, who searches for the face of the God of Jacob.

Psalm 73:15

If I say, I will speak thus; then, I would offend the generation of your children.

Psalm 87:6

Jehovah will count when he registers the peoples: This one was born there.

Psalm 102:28

The children of your servants will continue, and their descendants will be established before you.

Isaiah 53:10

It was Jehovah's will to allow him to be crushed. Even though Jehovah makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of Jehovah will prosper in his hand.

Matthew 3:9

Do not presume that Abraham is your father. I tell you that God can make descendants for Abraham from these stones!

Galatians 3:26-29

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 2:13

And again: I will put my trust in him. And again: Behold, the children that Jehovah has given me. (Isaiah 8:18)

1 Peter 2:9

You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and a people for God's own possession, that you may show the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

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