Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Until I
Your power to all who are to come.
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
God, do not abandon me.
Then I will
to another generation,
Your strength to all who are to come.
International Standard Version
Also, when I reach old age and have gray hair, God, do not forsake me, until I have declared your power to this generation and your might to the next one.
A Conservative Version
Yea, even when I am old and gray headed, O God, forsake me not, until I have declared thy strength to a generation, thy might to everyone who is to come.
American Standard Version
Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.
Amplified
And even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not abandon me,
Until I declare Your [mighty] strength to this generation,
Your power to all who are to come.
Bible in Basic English
Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.
Darby Translation
Now also, when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not, until I have proclaimed thine arm unto this generation, thy might to every one that is to come.
Julia Smith Translation
And also even to old age and grayness, O God, thou wilt not forsake me; till I shall announce thine arm to the generation, thy strength to every one who shall come:
King James 2000
Now also when I am old and gray headed, O God, forsake me not; until I have showed your strength unto this generation, and your power to every one that is to come.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And even when [I am] old and gray, O God, do not abandon me until I proclaim your {strength} to [this] generation, your power to every [one that] comes [after].
Modern King James verseion
And now when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not leave me; until I have declared Your strength to this generation, and Your power to everyone who is to come.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am grey-headed, until I have showed thy strength unto children's children, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.
NET Bible
Even when I am old and gray, O God, do not abandon me, until I tell the next generation about your strength, and those coming after me about your power.
New Heart English Bible
Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, do not forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.
The Emphasized Bible
Even now, therefore, that I am old and grayheaded, O God, do not forsake me, - Until I tell of thine arm unto a new generation, Unto every one that is to come, thy might;
Webster
Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, forsake me not; until I have shown thy strength to this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
World English Bible
Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don't forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.
Youngs Literal Translation
And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might.
Themes
Consolation under Affliction » Under the infirmities of age
Hairs » White or gray » A token of age
Prayer » Brevity in prayer examples of brief prayers » Special pleas offered in
Topics
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Nagad
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 71:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prayer To God The Rock Of Refuge
17
O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.
18
Until I
Your power to all who are to come.
Cross References
Psalm 71:9
Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent.
Psalm 78:4
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.
Isaiah 46:4
even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.
Exodus 13:8
You shall tell your son on that day, 'It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.'
Exodus 13:14-17
And when in time to come your son asks you, 'What does this mean?' you shall say to him, 'By a strong hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
1 Samuel 4:18
As soon as he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell over backward from his seat by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.
Psalm 22:31
they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it.
Psalm 78:6
that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children,
Psalm 145:4-5
One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.
Isaiah 51:9
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the dragon?
Isaiah 53:1
Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
Acts 13:36
For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption,
Genesis 27:1
When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, "My son"; and he answered, "Here I am."
1 Samuel 4:15
Now Eli was ninety-eight years old and his eyes were set so that he could not see.
1 Chronicles 29:10-30
Therefore David blessed the LORD in the presence of all the assembly. And David said: "Blessed are you, O LORD, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.