Psalms 24:6

King James Version

This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Such people may seek you and worship in your presence, O God of Jacob. Interlude

English Revised Version
This is the generation of them that seek after him, that seek thy face, O God of Jacob. Selah

Update Bible Version
This is the generation of those that seek after him, That seek your face, Jacob. Selah.

New Century Version
They try to follow God; they look to the God of Jacob for help. Selah

New English Translation
Such purity characterizes the people who seek his favor, Jacob's descendants, who pray to him. (Selah)

Webster's Bible Translation
This [is] the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

World English Bible
This is the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek your face -- even Jacob. Selah.

Amplified Bible
This is the generation (description) of those who diligently seek Him and require Him as their greatest need, Who seek Your face, even [as did] Jacob. Selah.

English Standard Version
Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
This is the generacioun of men sekynge hym; of men sekynge the face of God of Jacob.

Berean Standard Bible
Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah

Contemporary English Version
because they worship and serve the God of Jacob.

American Standard Version
This is the generation of them that seek after him, That seek thy face, even Jacob. Selah

Bible in Basic English
This is the generation of those whose hearts are turned to you, even to your face, O God of Jacob. (Selah.)

Complete Jewish Bible
Such is the character of those who seek him, of Ya‘akov, who seeks your face. (Selah)

Darby Translation
This is the generation of them that seek unto him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

Easy-to-Read Version
They try to follow God. They go to the God of Jacob for help. Selah

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Such is the generation of them that seek after Him, that seek Thy face, even Jacob. Selah

King James Version (1611)
This is the generation of them that seeke him: that seeke thy face, O Iacob. Selah.

New Life Bible
Such is the family of those who look for Him, who look for Your face, O God of Jacob.

New Revised Standard
Such is the company of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah

Geneva Bible (1587)
This is the generation of them that seeke him, of them yt seeke thy face, this is Iaakob. Selah.

George Lamsa Translation
This is the generation of them that seek thy face, that proclaim thy countenance, O thou God of Jacob.

Good News Translation
Such are the people who come to God, who come into the presence of the God of Jacob.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
This, is the generation of them who inquire of him, who seek thy face, O God of Jacob. Selah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(23-6) This is the generation of them that seek him, of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.

Revised Standard Version
Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. [Selah]

Bishop's Bible (1568)
This is the generation of them that seke hym: euen of them that seke thy face [in] Iacob. Selah.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek the face of the God of Jacob. Pause.

Christian Standard Bible®
Such is the generation of those who inquire of him,who seek the face of the God of Jacob.Selah

Hebrew Names Version
This is the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek your face -- even Ya`akov. Selah.

Lexham English Bible
Such is the sort of those who seek him, those who seek your face, even Jacob. Selah

Literal Translation
This is the generation of those seeking Him; they seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah.

Young's Literal Translation
This [is] a generation of those seeking Him. Seeking Thy face, O Jacob! Selah.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This is ye generacio of the yt seke him, of the yt seke yi face, o Iacob.

New American Standard Bible
This is the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face—even Jacob. Selah

New King James Version
This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face.Selah

New American Standard Bible (1995)
This is the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face—even Jacob. Selah.

Legacy Standard Bible
This is the generation of those who seek Him,Who seek Your face—pay heed O Jacob. Selah.

Contextual Overview

³ Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ? or who shall stand in his holy place? ⁴ He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. ⁵ He shall receive the blessing from the Lord , and righteousness from the God of his salvation. ⁶ This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

This is: Psalms 22:30, Psalms 73:15, Isaiah 53:10, Romans 4:16, 1 Peter 2:9

that seek: Psalms 27:8, Psalms 105:4, John 1:47

O Jacob: or, O God of Jacob

Reciprocal: Psalms 14:5 - the generation Isaiah 45:19 - Seek Isaiah 51:1 - ye that seek

Cross-References

Genesis 24:13
Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

Genesis 24:16
And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

Genesis 24:20
And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

Genesis 24:22
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;

Galatians 5:1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Hebrews 10:39
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

Hebrews 11:9
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

This [is] the generation of them that seek him,.... The persons above described are such, who in every age are the generation of the children of God, and are accounted by him for a generation; they are such that seek him, in the first place, with their whole hearts, and in Christ, where they find him;

that seek thy face, O Jacob. By the "face" of God is meant the favour of God, the discoveries of his love, the light of his countenance, than which nothing is more desirable to gracious souls, or more sought after by them; and by Jacob is meant the God of Jacob; and so Apollinarius has it in his metaphrase; see Psalms 10:1; unless Christ should be intended, one of whose names is Israel, Isaiah 49:3; or the words may be supplied, as they are by some Jewish writers m, "this is Jacob"; or the persons before described are the seed of Jacob, and who are called by his name: and it may be observed, that the church of God often bears the same name, Isaiah 43:1; and then the sense is, the persons whose characters are given above are fit to ascend, and stand in the holy hill of God, are Israelites indeed, in whom there is no guile.

Selah; on this word, Isaiah 43:1- :.

m Aben Ezra, Kimchi, & Ben Melech in loc.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This is the generation of them that seek him - This describes the race of those who seek Him; or, this is their character. The word “generation” here is used evidently in the sense of “race, people, or persons.” This is the character or description of the “persons” who seek His favor; or, this is the character of His true friends. The phrase “to seek God” is often used as descriptive of true piety: Psalms 9:10; Psalms 14:2; Psalms 63:1; Proverbs 8:17; Matthew 6:33; Matthew 7:7. It indicates an earnest desire to know Him and to obtain His favor. It denotes also humility of mind, and a sense of dependence on God.

That seek thy face, O Jacob - Margin, O “God of” Jacob. DeWette understands this as meaning that they would seek the face of God among His people; or that they who belonged to the race of Jacob, and who were sincere, thus sought the face of God. There is supposed to be, according to this interpretation, a distinction between the true and the false Israel; between those who professed to be the people of God and those who really were His people (compare Romans 9:6-8). It seems to me that the word is not used here as it is in the margin to denote the “God of Jacob,” which would be a harsh and an unusual construction, but that it is in apposition with the preceding words, as denoting what constituted the true Jacob, or the true people of God. “This is the generation of them that seek him; this is the true Jacob, that seek thy face, O Lord.” That is, this is the characteristic of all who properly belong to the race of Jacob, or who properly belong to God as his true people. The sense, however, is not materially affected if we adopt the reading in the margin.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 24:6. This is the generation — This is the description of people who are such as God can approve of, and delight in.

That seek thy face, O Jacob. — It is most certain that אלהי Elohey, O God, has been lost out of the Hebrew text in most MSS., but it is preserved in two of Kennicott's MSS., and also in the Syriac, Vulgate, Septuagint, AEthiopic, Arabic, and Anglo-Saxon. "Who seek thy face, O God of Jacob."

Selah. — That is, It is confirmed; it is true. The persons who abstain from every appearance of evil, and seek the approbation of God, are those in whom God will delight.