Psalms 78:3
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
Psalms 78:3 in other translations
| BSB | that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us. |
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| WEB | which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. |
| ASV | Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us. |
| YLT | That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us. |
| DARBY | Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us: |
| BBE | Which have come to our hearing and our knowledge, as they were given to us by our fathers. |
| Webster | Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. |
What does Psalms 78:3 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 78:1-8
These are called dark and deep sayings, because they are carefully to be looked into. The law of God was given with a particular charge to teach it diligently to their children, that the church may abide for ever. Also, that the providences of God, both in mercy and in judgment, might encourage them to conform to the will of God. The works of God much strengthen our resolution to keep his commandments. Hypocrisy is…
Psalms 78:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 78:3
- Psalms 44:1
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
- Exodus 12:26-27
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
- Exodus 13:8
And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
- Exodus 13:14-15
And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
- Psalms 48:8
As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
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Context
- Psalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
- Psalms 78:3
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
- Psalms 78:4
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.
Psalms 78:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Las cuales hemos oído y entendido; que nuestros padres nos las contaron. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Que nous avons entendues et connues, et que nos pères nous ont racontées. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Was wir gehört und erfahren und unsere Väter uns erzählt haben, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Effuderunt sanguinem eorum tamquam aquam in circuitu Jerusalem, et non erat qui sepeliret. |