Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

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,

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;

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.

References

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Context Readings

Lessons From Israel's Past

4 that we should not hide them from the children of the generations to come but to show the honour of the LORD, his mighty and wonderful works that he hath done. 5 He made a covenant with Jacob, and gave Israel a law, which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children, 6 that their posterity might know it, and the children which were yet unborn, to the intent that when they came up, they might show their children the same;


Cross References

Psalm 81:5

This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he came out of Egypt, and had heard a strange language.

Psalm 147:19

He showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and ordinances unto Israel.

Deuteronomy 4:45

and these are the witness, ordinances and statutes which Moses told the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt,

Ephesians 6:4

And ye fathers, move not your children to wrath: but bring them up with the nurture and information of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 6:7

And thou shalt whet them on thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou art at home in thine house and as thou walkest by the way; and when thou liest down and when thou risest up.

Psalm 19:7

The law of the LORD is an undefiled law, converting the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, and giveth wisdom unto simple.

Isaiah 8:20

If any man want light, let him look upon the law and the testimony whether they speak not after this meaning.

Romans 3:2

Surely, very much. First: unto them was committed the word of God.

Genesis 18:19

For I know him that he will command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the LORD, to do after right and conscience, that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that he hath promised him."

Exodus 25:16

And thou shalt put in the ark, the witness which I shall give thee.

Exodus 25:21

And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark, and in the ark thou shalt put the witness which I will give thee.

Exodus 40:3

and put therein the ark of witness, and cover the ark with the veil,

Exodus 40:20

And he took and put the testimony in the ark, and set the staves to the ark and put the mercy seat on high upon the ark,

Deuteronomy 11:19

and teach them your children: so that thou talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down and when thou risest up:

Psalm 78:3-4

which we have heard and known, and such as our fathers have told us,

Psalm 119:152

As concerning thy testimonies, I have known ever since the beginning that thou hast grounded them for ever.

Isaiah 38:19

but the living, yea the living acknowledge thee, like as I do this day. The father telleth his children of thy faithfulness.

1 John 5:9-12

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater. For this is the witness of God, that God hath born of his son.

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