'Generation' in the Bible
He says to himself, “I will never be moved—from generation to generation without calamity.”
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
They will come and tell about his saving deeds; they will tell a future generation what he has accomplished.
This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
The counsel of the Lord stands forever,the plans of His heart from generation to generation.
From generation to generation, I will cause your name to be remembered. Therefore people will thank you forever and ever. To the Director: A song by the Sons of Korah, to the tune of "The Maidens".
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
For he sees [that] the wise die, together [with the] fool and brute they perish, and leave their wealth to the next [generation].
Their graves are their eternal homes,their homes from generation to generation,though they have named estates after themselves.
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
Days to the days of the king Thou addest, His years as generation and generation.
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.
May they fear you as long as the sun and moon shine from generation to generation.
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
Hath his loving-kindness ceased for ever? hath his word come to an end from generation to generation?
We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
Why should the [Gentile] nations say, “Where is their God?”Let there be known [without delay] among the nations in our sight [and to this generation],Your vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been poured out.
Then we, Your people, the sheep of Your pasture,will thank You forever;we will declare Your praiseto generation after generation.
Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger from generation to generation?
I will sing forever about the gracious love of the LORD; from generation to generation I will declare your faithfulness with my mouth.
"I will establish your dynasty forever, and I will lift up one who will build your throne from generation to generation." Interlude
BOOK IV(Psalms 90–106)A prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, You have been our refugein every generation.
Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
for the LORD is good and his gracious love stands forever. His faithfulness remains from generation to generation. A Davidic Psalm
But thou, Jehovah, abidest for ever, and thy memorial from generation to generation.
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
I said, My God, take me not away in the midst of my days! ... Thy years are from generation to generation.
And it was credited to him as a righteous act, from generation to generation to eternity.
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Your faithfulness continues from generation to generation. You established the earth, and it stands firm.
Thy name, O Jehovah, is for ever; thy memorial, O Jehovah, from generation to generation.
One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your authority endures from one generation to another. God is faithful about everything he says and merciful in everything he does.
Jehovah doth reign to the age, Thy God, O Zion, to generation and generation, Praise ye Jah!