They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it.
Parallel translations
- KJV They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
- BSB They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn—all that He has done.
- NKJV They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born, That He has done this.
- NASB They will come and will declare His righteousness To a people who will be born, that He has performed it.
- NLT His righteous acts will be told to those not yet born. They will hear about everything he has done.
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- Ps 78:6that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,
- Ps 86:9All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name.
- Rom 1:17For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”
- Isa 44:3–5For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:
- Ps 102:18This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah.
- Ps 40:9I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.
- Ps 145:4–7One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts.
- 2 Cor 5:21For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
- Rom 3:21–25But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets;
- Isa 60:4“Lift up your eyes all around, and see: they all gather themselves together. They come to you. Your sons will come from far away, and your daughters will be carried in arms.
- Isa 54:1“Sing, barren, you who didn’t give birth; break out into singing, and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife,” says Yahweh.
- Rom 5:19–21For as through the one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.
- Isa 66:7–9“Before she travailed, she gave birth. Before her pain came, she delivered a son.
- Isa 49:21–23Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering back and forth? Who has brought these up? Behold, I was left alone. Where were these?’”
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