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Psalms 22:30

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

KJV

A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation.

ASV

אָכְל֬וּ וַ/יִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֨וּ כָּֽל דִּשְׁנֵי אֶ֗רֶץ לְ/פָנָ֣י/ו יִ֭כְרְעוּ כָּל יוֹרְדֵ֣י עָפָ֑ר וְ֝/נַפְשׁ֗/וֹ לֹ֣א חִיָּֽה

Hebrew

A seed doth serve Him, It is declared of the Lord to the generation.

YLT

Posterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
דָשֵׁ֖ן
dshn
adjective · 3×
י
y
noun · 752×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
יִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ
yshtchv
verb · 174×
כָֽרְעוּ֙
kr'v
verb · 36×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 811×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×
עָפָ֥ר
'pr
noun · 109×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 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:
  • 1Pet 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:
  • 2Cor 6:18 — And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
  • Gal 3:26 — For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
  • Heb 2:13 — And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
  • Isa 8:18 — Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
  • Isa 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
  • Ps 45:16 — Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
  • Ps 45:17 — I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
  • Ps 87:6 — The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
  • Ps 102:18 — This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
  • Ps 102:28 — The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
  • Rom 9:8 — That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.