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The Invasion of Locusts

Joel 1:3

In 11 translations

BSB
Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.
KJV
Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
WEB
Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children, and their children, another generation.
ASV
Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
LSV
Concerning it talk to your sons, || And your sons to their sons, || And their sons to another generation.
YLT
Concerning it to your sons talk ye, And your sons to their sons, And their sons to another generation.
DBY
Tell your children of it, and [let] your children [tell] their children, and their children another generation:
DRC
Tell ye of this to your children, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation.
GNV
Tell you your children of it, and let your children shew to their children, and their children to another generation.
JPS
Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
LXXE
Tell your children concerning them, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

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Original-language editions

WLC
עָלֶ֖יהָ לִבְנֵיכֶ֣ם סַפֵּ֑רוּ וּבְנֵיכֶם֙ לִבְנֵיהֶ֔ם וּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם לְד֥וֹר אַחֵֽר׃
LXX-Br
ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν τοῖς τέκνοις ὑμῶν διηγήσασθε, καὶ τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν τοῖς τέκνοις αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν εἰς γενεὰν ἑτέραν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 6:7And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
  • Psalms 145:4One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—
  • Psalms 71:18Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
  • Psalms 78:3–8that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us. We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has…
  • Exodus 13:14In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
  • Exodus 10:1–2Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them, and that you may tell your children and…
  • Isaiah 38:19The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
  • Psalms 44:1We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
  • Joshua 4:21–22Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’ you are to tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’
  • Joshua 4:6–7to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it…

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