Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach to their children,

New American Standard Bible

For He established a testimony in Jacob
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which He commanded our fathers
That they should teach them to their children,

King James Version

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

Holman Bible

He established a testimony in Jacob
and set up a law in Israel,
which He commanded our fathers
to teach to their children

International Standard Version

He established a decree in Jacob, and established the Law in Israel, that he commanded our ancestors to reveal to their children

A Conservative Version

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their sons,

American Standard Version

For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;

Amplified


For He established a testimony (a specific precept) in Jacob
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which He commanded our fathers
That they should teach to their children [the great facts of God’s transactions with Israel],

Bible in Basic English

He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children;

Darby Translation

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

Julia Smith Translation

For he raised up a testimony in Jacob and set a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to make them known to their sons:

King James 2000

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

Modern King James verseion

For He set up a testimony in Jacob, and ordered a Law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should teach them to their sons;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He made a covenant with Jacob, and gave Israel a law, which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children,

NET Bible

He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants,

New Heart English Bible

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

The Emphasized Bible

When he set up a testimony in Jacob, And, a law, appointed in Israel, - Which he commanded our fathers, That they might make them known to their children;

Webster

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

World English Bible

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

Youngs Literal Translation

And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.

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Context Readings

Lessons From Israel's Past

4 We will not hide [them] from their children, telling the next generation the praises of Yahweh, and his power and his wonders that he has done. 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach to their children, 6 so that [the] next generation might know-- children [yet to] be born-- [that] they might rise up and tell their children,


Cross References

Psalm 81:5

He made it a statute in Joseph when he went out against the land of Egypt, [where] I heard a language I did not know.

Psalm 147:19

[He] declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.

Deuteronomy 4:45

these are the legal provisions and the rules and the regulations that Moses spoke to the {Israelites} {when they left Egypt},

Ephesians 6:4

And fathers, do not make your children angry, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 6:7

And you shall recite them to your children, and you shall talk about them at [the time of] your living in your house and at [the time of] your going on the road and at [the time of] your lying down and at [the time of] your rising [up].

Psalm 19:7

The law of Yahweh [is] perfect, reviving life. The testimony of Yahweh [is] firm, making wise [the] simple.

Isaiah 8:20

for teaching and for testimony?" {surely they [who] speak like this have no dawn}.

Romans 3:2

Much in every way. For first, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

Genesis 18:19

For I have chosen him, that he will command his children and his household after him that they will keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice, so that Yahweh may bring upon Abraham that which he said to him."

Exodus 25:16

And you will put into the ark the testimony that I will give to you.

Exodus 25:21

And you will put the atonement cover above onto the ark, and into the ark you will put the testimony that I will give you.

Exodus 40:3

And you will put there the ark of the testimony, and you will cover over the ark [with] the curtain.

Exodus 40:20

And he took and he put the testimony into the ark, and he placed the poles on the ark, and he put the atonement cover on the ark, above [it].

Deuteronomy 11:19

And you shall teach them to your children by talking about them when you sit in your house and when you travel on the road and when you lie down and when you get up.

Psalm 78:3-4

that we have heard and known, and our ancestors have told us.

Psalm 119:152

Concerning your testimonies, I knew long ago that you have established them forever.

Isaiah 38:19

[The] living, [the] living one praises you like me today; a father will make your faithfulness known to children.

1 John 5:9-12

If we receive the testimony of people, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son.

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