Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me,
Until I declare Your strength to this generation,
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

Even when I am old and gray,
God, do not abandon me.
Then I will proclaim Your power
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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עד 
`ad 
by, as long, hitherto, when, how long, as yet
Usage: 784

I am old
זקנה 
Ziqnah 
Usage: 6

שׂיבה 
Seybah 
Usage: 19

O God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

me not until I have shewed
נגד 
Nagad 
Usage: 370

זרעה זרועה זרע זרוע 
Z@rowa` 
Usage: 91

דּר דּור 
Dowr 
Usage: 167

and thy power
גּבוּרה 
G@buwrah 
Usage: 61

References

Context Readings

A Prayer To God The Rock Of Refuge

17 O God, You have taught me from my youth,
And I still declare Your wondrous deeds.
18 And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me,
Until I declare Your strength to this generation,
Your power to all who are to come.
19 For Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the heavens,
You who have done great things;
O God, who is like You?

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 conceal them from their children,
But tell to the generation to come the praises of the Lord,
And His strength and His wondrous works that He has done.

Isaiah 46:4

Even to your old age I will be the same,
And even to your graying years I will bear you!
I have done it, and I will carry you;
And I will bear you and I will deliver you.

Exodus 13:8

You shall tell your son on that day, saying, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

Exodus 13:14-17

And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘With a powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery.

1 Samuel 4:18

When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat backward beside the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for he was old and heavy. Thus he judged Israel forty years.

Psalm 22:31

They will come and will declare His righteousness
To a people who will be born, that He has performed it.

Psalm 78:6

That the generation to come might know, even the children yet to be born,
That they may arise and tell them to their children,

Psalm 145:4-5

One generation shall praise 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 the 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 our message?
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 among his fathers and underwent decay;

Genesis 27:1

Now it came about, when Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” And he said to him, “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

So David blessed the Lord in the sight of all the assembly; and David said, “Blessed are You, O Lord God of Israel our father, forever and ever.

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