Psalm 24:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 This is the generation of them that seek him, That seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition This is the generation [description] of those who seek Him [who inquire of and for Him and of necessity require Him], who seek Your face, [O God of] Jacob. Selah [pause, and think of that]! [Ps. 42:1.] American Standard Version (1901) This is the generation of them that seek after him, That seek thy face, even Jacob. [Selah Common English Bible And that’s how things are with the generation that seeks him— that seeks the face of Jacob’s God. Selah Catholic Public Domain Version O Lord, remember your compassion and your mercies, which are from ages past. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Remember, O Lord, thy bowels of compassion; and thy mercies that are from the beginning of the world. |
Posterity shall serve him; men shall tell of the Lord to the coming generation,
Thou hast said, “Seek ye my face.” My heart says to thee, “Thy face, Lord, do I seek.”
If I had said, “I will speak thus,” I would have been untrue to the generation of thy children.
Yet it was the will of the Lord to bruise him; he has put him to grief; when he makes himself an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand;
Jesus saw Nathana-el coming to him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!”
That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants—not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, for he is the father of us all,
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.