One generation shall extol your works to another and shall declare your mighty acts.
Exodus 12:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 And when your children ask you, ‘What does this observance mean to you?’ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When your children shall say to you, What do you mean by this service? American Standard Version (1901) And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? Common English Bible And when your children ask you, ‘What does this ritual mean to you?’ Catholic Public Domain Version And when your sons will say to you, 'What is the meaning of this religious observance?' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when your children shall say to you: What is the meaning of this service? |
One generation shall extol your works to another and shall declare your mighty acts.
We have heard with our ears, O God; our ancestors have told us what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old:
and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how I have made fools of the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them—so that you may know that I am the Lord.”
When you come to the land that the Lord will give you, as he has promised, you shall keep this observance.
Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.
The living, the living, they thank you, as I do this day; fathers make known to children your faithfulness.
And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Teach them to your children, talking about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise up.
Remember the days of old; consider the years long past; ask your father, and he will inform you, your elders, and they will tell you.
“When your children ask you in time to come, ‘What is the meaning of the decrees and the statutes and the ordinances that the Lord our God has commanded you?’
Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise.