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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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 71:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prayer To God The Rock Of Refuge
17
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth and until now; I shall manifest thy wondrous works.
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; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
Psalm 78:4
We will not hide them from their sons, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD and his strength and his wonderful works that he has done.
Isaiah 46:4
And even to your old age I am he, and even to grey hairs I will carry you; I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will deliver you.
Exodus 13:8
And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when he brought me out of Egypt.
Exodus 13:14-17
And it shall be when thy son asks thee in time to come, saying, What is this? Thou shalt say unto him, With a strong hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery;
1 Samuel 4:18
And it came to pass when he made mention of the ark of God, Eli fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck broke, and he died; for he was an old man and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
Psalm 22:31
They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he has done this.
Psalm 78:6
That the generation to come might know them, even the sons which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their sons
Psalm 145:4-5
Daleth One generation shall praise thy works to another and shall declare thy mighty acts.
Isaiah 51:9
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in ages past. Art thou not he who cut off the proud one, and he who smote the dragon?
Isaiah 53:1
Who shall believe our report? and upon whom shall the arm of the LORD be manifested?
Acts 13:36
For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep and was gathered unto his fathers and saw corruption;
Genesis 27:1
And it came to pass, that when Isaac became old, and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau, his eldest son, and said unto him, My son, and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
1 Samuel 4:15
Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes had become dim so that he could not see.
1 Chronicles 29:10-30
and blessed the LORD before all the congregation; and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.