KJV King James Version
Tell ye your children of it, and [let] your children [tell] their children, and their children another generation.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Joel 1:3
Tell ye your children of it, and [let] your children [tell] their children, and their children another generation.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.
WEB World English Bible
Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children, and their children, another generation.
ASV American Standard Version
Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Concerning it to your sons talk ye, And your sons to their sons, And their sons to another generation.
Surrounding context — Joel 1
1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
3 Tell ye your children of it, and [let] your children [tell] their children, and their children another generation.
4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth [are] the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 6:7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.Psalm 145:4One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.Exodus 13:14And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What [is] this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:Psalm 71:18Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come.Psalm 78:3-8Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.Exodus 10:1-2And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:Isaiah 38:19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I [do] this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.Psalm 44:1To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, [what] work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.Joshua 4:21-22And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What [mean] these stones?Joshua 4:6-7That this may be a sign among you, [that] when your children ask [their fathers] in time to come, saying, What [mean] ye by these stones?
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