Psalm 78:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ He established a decree in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach to their children,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ For He established a testimony (an express precept) in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, commanding our fathers that they should make [the great facts of God's dealings with Israel] known to their children,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;

Common English Bible

⁵ He established a law for Jacob and set up Instruction for Israel, ordering our ancestors to teach them to their children.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ How long, O Lord? Will you be angry until the end? Will your zeal be kindled like a fire?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ How long, O Lord, wilt thou be angry for ever: shall thy zeal be kindled like a fire?

Psalm 78:5 Cross References

Genesis 18:19

No, for I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”

Psalm 119:152

Long ago I learned from your decrees that you have established them forever.

Psalm 147:19

He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and ordinances to Israel.

Psalm 19:7

The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the decrees of the Lord are sure, making wise the simple;

Psalm 81:5

He made it a decree in Joseph, when he went out over the land of Egypt. I hear a voice I had not known:

Exodus 12:27

you shall say, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when he struck down the Egyptians but spared our houses.’ ” And the people bowed down and worshiped.

Exodus 25:16

You shall put the covenant that I am giving you into the ark.

Exodus 25:21

You shall put the cover on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the covenant that I am giving you.

Exodus 40:20

He took the covenant and put it into the ark and put the poles on the ark and set the cover above the ark,

Exodus 40:3

You shall put in it the ark of the covenant, and you shall screen the ark with the curtain.

Isaiah 38:19

The living, the living, they thank you, as I do this day; fathers make known to children your faithfulness.

Isaiah 8:20

for teaching and for instruction?” surely those who speak like this will have no dawn!

Romans 3:2

Much, in every way. For in the first place, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.

Ephesians 6:4

And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 11:19

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.

Deuteronomy 31:13

and so that their children, who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing over the Jordan to possess.”

Deuteronomy 32:46

he said to them, “Take to heart all the words that I am giving in witness against you today; give them as a command to your children, so that they may diligently observe all the words of this law.

Deuteronomy 4:45

These are the decrees and the statutes and ordinances that Moses spoke to the Israelites when they had come out of Egypt,

Deuteronomy 6:7

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.