Psalm 78:5
New International Version
He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach their children,

New Living Translation
For he issued his laws to Jacob; he gave his instructions to Israel. He commanded our ancestors to teach them to their children,

English Standard Version
He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children,

Berean Standard Bible
For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,

King James Bible
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:

New 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;

New American Standard Bible
For He established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers That they were to teach them to their children,

NASB 1995
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,

NASB 1977
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,

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

Amplified Bible
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],

Christian Standard Bible
He established a testimony in Jacob and set up a law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach to their children

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

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;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He established his testimony in Jacob and he set his law in Israel, as he commanded our fathers to make known to their children

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he raised up a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, to make it known to their children:

Contemporary English Version
God gave his Law to Jacob's descendants, the people of Israel. And he told our ancestors to teach their children,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he set up a testimony in Jacob: and made a law in Israel. How great things he commanded our fathers, that they should make the same known to their children:

English Revised 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:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He established written instructions for Jacob's people. He gave his teachings to Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make them known to their children

Good News Translation
He gave laws to the people of Israel and commandments to the descendants of Jacob. He instructed our ancestors to teach his laws 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

JPS Tanakh 1917
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;

Literal Standard Version
And He raises up a testimony in Jacob, | And has placed a law in Israel, | That He commanded our fathers, | To make them known to their sons.

Majority Standard Bible
For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,

New American Bible
God made a decree in Jacob, established a law in Israel: Which he commanded our ancestors, they were 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 Revised Standard Version
He established a decree in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach to their children;

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;

Webster's Bible 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:

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

Young's 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.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
I Will Open My Mouth in Parables
4We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed. 5For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children, 6that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children…

Cross References
Exodus 10:2
and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD."

Leviticus 23:43
so that your descendants may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.'"

Deuteronomy 4:9
Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.

Deuteronomy 6:4
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.

Deuteronomy 32:7
Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.

Psalm 19:7
The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.

Psalm 48:13
consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.


Treasury of Scripture

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:

for he

Psalm 81:5
This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.

Psalm 119:152
Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

Psalm 147:19
He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

testimony.

Exodus 25:16,21
And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee…

Exodus 40:3,20
And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail…

that they

Psalm 78:3,4
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us…

Genesis 18:19
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Isaiah 38:19
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

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Psalm 78
1. An exhortation both to learn and to preach, the law of God
9. The story of God's wrath against the incredulous and disobedient
67. The Israelites being rejected, God chose Judah, Zion, and David.














(5) For he . . .--Better, taking the relative of time (comp. Deuteronomy 11:6; Psalm 139:15), For he established (it as) a testimony in Jacob and (as) a law appointed (it) in Israel when he commanded our forefathers to make them (the "wonderful works" of last verse) known to their children. For the custom see reference in margin.

Verse 5. - For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel. The "testimony" and the "law" are the whole series of commands given by God to his people, beginning with the directions concerning circumcision in Genesis (Genesis 17:10-14), and terminating with the last precept in Deuteronomy (Deuteronomy 32:46). They may include also the teachings of God through history. These he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children (see Exodus 12:26, 27; Exodus 13:8, 14, 15; Deuteronomy 4:9; Deuteronomy 6:7; Deuteronomy 11:19; Deuteronomy 32:46, etc.).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For He established
וַיָּ֤קֶם (way·yā·qem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

a testimony
עֵד֨וּת ׀ (‘ê·ḏūṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5715: Testimony

in Jacob
בְּֽיַעֲקֹ֗ב (bə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

and appointed
שָׂ֤ם (śām)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

a law
וְתוֹרָה֮ (wə·ṯō·w·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8451: Direction, instruction, law

in Israel,
בְּיִשְׂרָ֫אֵ֥ל (bə·yiś·rā·’êl)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

which
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

He commanded
צִ֭וָּה (ṣiw·wāh)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

our fathers
אֲבוֹתֵ֑ינוּ (’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 1: Father

to teach
לְ֝הוֹדִיעָ֗ם (lə·hō·w·ḏî·‘ām)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3045: To know

to their children,
לִבְנֵיהֶֽם׃ (liḇ·nê·hem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son


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