Psalms 24 · Verse 6

Psalms 24:6

This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
Psalms 24:6, King James Version

Psalms 24:6 in other translations

BSBSuch is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah
WEBThis is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek your face—even Jacob. Selah.
ASVThis is the generation of them that seek after him, That seek thy face, even Jacob. [Selah
YLTThis is a generation of those seeking Him. Seeking Thy face, O Jacob! Selah.
DARBYThis is the generation of them that seek unto him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
BBEThis is the generation of those whose hearts are turned to you, even to your face, O God of Jacob. (Selah.)
WebsterThis is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

What does Psalms 24:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. Jacob--By "Jacob," we may understand God's people (compare Is 43:22; 44:2, &c.), corresponding to "the generation," as if he had said, "those who seek Thy face are Thy chosen people."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 This is the generation - This is the description of people who are such as God can approve of, and delight in. That seek thy face, O Jacob - It is most certain that אלהי Elohey, O God, has been lost out of the Hebrew text in most MSS., but it is preserved in two of Kennicott's MSS., and also in the Syriac, Vulgate, Septuagint, Ethiopic, Arabic, and Anglo-Saxon. "Who seek thy face, O God of Jacob." Selah - That is, It is confirmed; it is true. The persons who abstain from every appearance of evil, and seek the approbation of God, are those in whom God will delight.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 24:1-6

We ourselves are not our own; our bodies, our souls, are not. Even those of the children of men are God's, who know him not, nor own their relation to him. A soul that knows and considers its own nature, and that it must live for ever, when it has viewed the earth and the fulness thereof, will sit down unsatisfied. It will think of ascending toward God, and will ask, What shall I do, that I may abide in that happy…

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Psalms 24:6 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.

זֶ֭הzehthisH2088
דּ֣וֹרDor[is] [the] generation ofH1755
דֹּרְשָׁ֑יוdo.re.Shav[those who] seek himH1875
מְבַקְשֵׁ֨יme.vak.Shei[those who] seekH1245
פָנֶ֖יךָfa.Nei.kha<of> face yourH6440
יַעֲקֹ֣בya.'a.KoO JacobH3290
סֶֽלָה\׃Se.lahSelahH5542

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

Cross references for Psalms 24:6

  • Psalms 27:8

    When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.

  • Psalms 105:4

    Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore.

  • John 1:47

    Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

  • Romans 4:16

    Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

  • Psalms 22:30

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

  • Psalms 73:15

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

  • 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:

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
This is.
22:30; 73:15; Isa 53:10; Ro 4:16; 1Pe 2:9
that seek.
27:8; 105:4; Joh 1:47
O Jacob. or, O God of Jacob.

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Context

  • Psalms 24:5

    He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

  • Psalms 24:6

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

  • Psalms 24:7

    Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

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Psalms 24:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tal es la generación de los que le buscan, de los que buscan tu rostro, oh Dios de Jacob. (Selah.)
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Telle est la génération de ceux qui le cherchent, de ceux qui recherchent ta face, ô Jacob. Sélah.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dies ist das Geschlecht derer, die nach ihm trachten, die dein Angesicht suchen-Jakob.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Reminiscere miserationum tuarum, Domine, et misericordiarum tuarum quæ a sæculo sunt.