Psalms 22 · Verse 30

Psalms 22:30

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
Psalms 22:30, King James Version

Psalms 22:30 in other translations

BSBPosterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
WEBPosterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.
ASVA seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation.
YLTA seed doth serve Him, It is declared of the Lord to the generation.
DARBYA seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
BBEA seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.
WebsterA seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

What does Psalms 22:30 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 22:27-31

27-31. His case illustrates God's righteous government. Beyond the existing time and people, others shall be brought to acknowledge and worship God; the fat ones, or the rich as well as the poor, the helpless who cannot keep themselves alive, shall together unite in celebrating God's delivering power, and transmit to unborn people the records of His grace.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 30 Shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation - They shall be called Christians after the name of Christ.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 22:22-31

The Saviour now speaks as risen from the dead. The first words of the complaint were used by Christ himself upon the cross; the first words of the triumph are expressly applied to him, He 2:12. All our praises must refer to the work of redemption. The suffering of the Redeemer was graciously accepted as a full satisfaction for sin. Though it was offered for sinful men, the Father did not despise or abhor it for our…

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Psalms 22:30 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

זֶ֥רַעZe.ra'offspringH2233
יַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּya.'av.De.nuit will serve himH5647
יְסֻפַּ֖רye.su.Parit will be recountedH5608
לַֽאדֹנָ֣יla.do.Naiof [the] LordH136
לַדּֽוֹר\׃la.Dorto the generationH1755

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 22:30

  • 1 Peter 2:9

    But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

  • Hebrews 2:13

    And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.

  • Psalms 102:28

    The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.

  • Galatians 3:26-29

    For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

  • Psalms 87:6

    The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.

  • Isaiah 53:10

    Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

  • Psalms 73:15

    If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

  • Matthew 3:9

    And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

  • Psalms 14:5

    There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

  • Psalms 24:6

    This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A seed.
Isa 53:10; Heb 2:13
it shall.
14:5; 24:6; 73:15; 87:6; Mt 3:9; Ga 3:26-29; 1Pe 2:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 22:29

    All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

  • Psalms 22:30

    A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

  • Psalms 22:31

    They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

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Psalms 22:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		La posteridad le servirá; será ella contada por una generación de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tous les gras de la terre mangeront et se prosterneront: devant lui se courberont tous ceux qui descendent dans la poussière, et celui qui ne peut faire vivre son âme.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ein Same wird ihm dienen; er wird dem Herrn als ein Geschlecht zugerechnet werden.