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Psalms 22:30

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 22:31.

זֶ֥רַעzeraseedזֶרַעnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “seed”, the ordinary formH2233seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity[idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.יַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּyaavdenvkeep in bondageעָבַדverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “keep in bondage”, an unfinished actionH5647to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.[idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er)…יְסֻפַּ֖רyesuparcommuneסָפַרverb, pual, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “commune”, an unfinished actionH5608properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebratecommune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.לַֽאדֹנָ֣יladonayto Lordאֲדֹנָיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to Lord”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH136the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)(my) Lord.לַדּֽוֹרladorto ageדּוֹרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to age”, the ordinary formH1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwellingage, [idiom] evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(22-31) A seed shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(22-31) A seed shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And my seed shall serve him: the generation that is coming shall be reported to the Lord.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ τὸ σπέρμα μου δουλεύσει αὐτῷ· ἀναγγελήσεται τῷ Κυρίῳ γενεὰ ἡ ἐρχομένη·