Dor דּוֹר
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| דּוֹר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | dor |
| Strong's number | H1755 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | generation |
| Occurrences | 167 in 127 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (37) |
Dor (Hebrew דּוֹר, Strong's H1755) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “generation”. It occurs 167 times in 127 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) period, generation, habitation, dwelling
1a) period, age, generation (period of time)
1b) generation (those living during a period)
1c) generation (characterised by quality, condition, class of men)
1d) dwelling-place, habitation
Aramaic equivalent: dar (דָּר "generation" H1859)
1a) period, age, generation (period of time)
1b) generation (those living during a period)
1c) generation (characterised by quality, condition, class of men)
1d) dwelling-place, habitation
Aramaic equivalent: dar (דָּר "generation" H1859)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | generation (57), generations (50), all generations (18), many generations (6), age (2), posterity (1), throughout (1), never (1), evermore (1), one generation (1), every generation (1) |
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| BSB | generation (44), generations to come (29), generations (20), all generations (5), age (4), there is a generation (4), through all (3), all (3), through all generations (3), throughout your generations (2), your descendants (2), his descendants (2), and 26 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Dor, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 6:9These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
- Genesis 7:1And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
- Genesis 9:12And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
- Genesis 15:16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
- Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
- Genesis 17:9And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.
- Genesis 17:12And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.
Exodus
- Exodus 1:6And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
- Exodus 3:15And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.
- Exodus 12:14And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.
- Exodus 12:17And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come.
- Exodus 12:42It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.Because the LORD kept a vigil that night to bring them out of the land of Egypt, this same night is to be a vigil to the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for the generations to come.
- Exodus 16:32And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”
- Exodus 16:33And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your generations.So Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.”
- Exodus 17:16For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.“Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”
- Exodus 27:21In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the Lord: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.
- Exodus 29:42This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.For the generations to come, this burnt offering shall be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you.
- Exodus 30:8And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn the incense perpetually before the LORD for the generations to come.
- Exodus 30:10And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the Lord.Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he shall make atonement on it annually with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. The altar is most holy to the LORD.”
- Exodus 30:21So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.Thus they are to wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this shall be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come.”
- Exodus 30:31And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘This will be My sacred anointing oil for the generations to come.
- Exodus 31:13Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.“Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
- Exodus 31:16Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come.
- Exodus 40:15And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may also serve Me as priests. Their anointing will qualify them for a permanent priesthood throughout their generations.”
Leviticus
- Leviticus 3:17It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”
- Leviticus 6:18All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the Lord made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. This is a permanent portion from the offerings made by fire to the LORD for the generations to come. Anything that touches them will become holy.”
- Leviticus 7:36Which the Lord commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations.On the day they were anointed, the LORD commanded that this be given them by the sons of Israel. It is a permanent portion for the generations to come.
- Leviticus 10:9Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.
- Leviticus 17:7And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’
- Leviticus 21:17Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.“Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.
- Leviticus 22:3Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the Lord.Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 23:14And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.You must not eat any bread or roasted or new grain until the very day you have brought this offering to your God. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.
- Leviticus 23:21And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.
- Leviticus 23:31Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.You are not to do any work at all. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.
- Leviticus 23:41And ye shall keep it a feast unto the Lord seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.You are to celebrate this as a feast to the LORD for seven days each year. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come; you are to celebrate it in the seventh month.
- Leviticus 23:43That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.so that your descendants may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’”
- Leviticus 24:3Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the Lord continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.Outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come.
- Leviticus 25:30And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.If it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled city is permanently transferred to its buyer and his descendants. It is not to be released in the Jubilee.
Numbers
- Numbers 9:10Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the Lord.“Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.
- Numbers 10:8And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.
- Numbers 15:14And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; as ye do, so he shall do.And for the generations to come, if a foreigner residing with you or someone else among you wants to prepare an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, he is to do exactly as you do.
- Numbers 15:15One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord.The assembly is to have the same statute both for you and for the foreign resident; it is a permanent statute for the generations to come. You and the foreigner shall be the same before the LORD.
- Numbers 15:21Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lord an heave offering in your generations.Throughout your generations, you are to give the LORD an offering from the first of your dough.
- Numbers 15:23Even all that the Lord hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the Lord commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations;all that the LORD has commanded you through Moses from the day the LORD gave them and continuing through the generations to come—
- Numbers 15:38Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.
- Numbers 18:23But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.
- Numbers 32:13And the Lord’s anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed.The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation who had done evil in His sight was gone.
- Numbers 35:29So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.This will be a statutory ordinance for you for the generations to come, wherever you live.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 1:35Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,“Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers,
- Deuteronomy 2:14And the space in which we came from Kadesh–barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the Lord sware unto them.The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.
- Deuteronomy 7:9Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
- Deuteronomy 23:2A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord.No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.
- Deuteronomy 23:3An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the Lord for ever:No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
- Deuteronomy 23:8The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation.The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 29:22So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it;Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.
- Deuteronomy 32:5They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.
- Deuteronomy 32:7Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.
- Deuteronomy 32:20And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation— children of unfaithfulness.
Joshua
- Joshua 22:27But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the Lord before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the Lord.Rather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants cannot say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD!’
- Joshua 22:28Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.Therefore we said, ‘If they ever say this to us or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the altar of the LORD that our fathers made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’
Judges
- Judges 2:10And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.
- Judges 3:2Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 16:15Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;Remember His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
Esther
- Esther 9:28And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.These days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.
Job
- Job 8:8For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
- Job 42:16After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
Psalms
- Psalm 10:6He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”
- Psalm 12:7Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.
- Psalm 14:5There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.
- Psalm 22:30A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
- Psalm 24:6This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah
- Psalm 33:11The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.
- Psalm 45:17I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.I will commemorate your name through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you forever and ever.
- Psalm 48:13Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
- Psalm 49:11Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.
- Psalm 49:19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
- Psalm 61:6Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: and his years as many generations.Increase the days of the king’s life; may his years span many generations.
- 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.Even 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.
- Psalm 72:5They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.
- Psalm 73:15If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
- Psalm 77:8Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?Is His loving devotion gone forever? Has His promise failed for all time?
- Psalm 78:4We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.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 performed.
- Psalm 78:6That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:that the coming generation would know them— even children yet to be born— to arise and tell their own children
- Psalm 78:8And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
- Psalm 79:13So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
- Psalm 85:5Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
- Psalm 89:1I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
- Psalm 89:4Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
- Psalm 90:1Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.
- Psalm 95:10Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.”
- Psalm 100:5For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
- Psalm 102:12But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
- Psalm 102:18This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.
- Psalm 102:24I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.
- Psalm 105:8He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
- Psalm 106:31And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
- Psalm 109:13Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
- Psalm 112:2His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
- Psalm 119:90Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
- Psalm 135:13Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.Your name, O LORD, endures forever, Your renown, O LORD, through all generations.
- Psalm 145:4One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—
- Psalm 145:13Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful in all His words and kind in all His actions.
- Psalm 146:10The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!
Proverbs
- Proverbs 27:24For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.
- Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
- Proverbs 30:12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
- Proverbs 30:13There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—
- Proverbs 30:14There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 1:4One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 13:20It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.
- Isaiah 34:10It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.
- Isaiah 34:17And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.He has allotted their portion; His hand has distributed it by measure. They will possess it forever; they will dwell in it from generation to generation.
- Isaiah 38:12Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.
- Isaiah 41:4Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last— I am He.”
- Isaiah 51:8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”
- Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
- Isaiah 53:8He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
- Isaiah 58:12And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.
- Isaiah 60:15Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.Whereas you have been forsaken and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy from age to age.
- Isaiah 61:4And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 2:31O generation, see ye the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?
- Jeremiah 7:29Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the Lord hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’
- Jeremiah 50:39Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 5:19Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.
Joel
- Joel 1:3Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.
- Joel 2:2A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.
- Joel 3:20But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).