Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Fire consumed their young men, and their young women had no wedding songs; New Living Translation Their young men were killed by fire; their young women died before singing their wedding songs. English Standard Version Fire devoured their young men, and their young women had no marriage song. Berean Standard Bible Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs. King James Bible The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. New King James Version The fire consumed their young men, And their maidens were not given in marriage. New American Standard Bible Fire devoured His young men, And His virgins had no wedding songs. NASB 1995 Fire devoured His young men, And His virgins had no wedding songs. NASB 1977 Fire devoured His young men; And His virgins had no wedding songs. Legacy Standard Bible Fire devoured His choice men, And His virgins had no wedding songs. Amplified Bible The fire [of war] devoured His young men, And His [bereaved] virgins had no wedding songs. Christian Standard Bible Fire consumed his chosen young men, and his young women had no wedding songs. Holman Christian Standard Bible Fire consumed His chosen young men, and His young women had no wedding songs. American Standard Version Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins had no marriage-song. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The fire consumed their boys and their virgins were abused. Brenton Septuagint Translation Fire devoured their young men; and their virgins mourned not. Contemporary English Version Fire destroyed the young men, and the young women were left with no one to marry. Douay-Rheims Bible Fire consumed their young men: and their maidens were not lamented. English Revised Version Fire devoured their young men; and their maidens had no marriage-song. GOD'S WORD® Translation Fire consumed his best young men, so his virgins heard no wedding songs. Good News Translation Young men were killed in war, and young women had no one to marry. International Standard Version The young men were consumed by fire, and the virgins had no marriage celebrations. JPS Tanakh 1917 Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins had no marriage-song. Literal Standard Version Fire has consumed His young men, | And His virgins have not been praised. Majority Standard Bible Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs. New American Bible Fire consumed their young men; their young women heard no wedding songs. NET Bible Fire consumed their young men, and their virgins remained unmarried. New Revised Standard Version Fire devoured their young men, and their girls had no marriage song. New Heart English Bible Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song. Webster's Bible Translation The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. World English Bible Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song. Young's Literal Translation His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context I Will Open My Mouth in Parables…62He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage. 63Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs. 64His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.… Cross References Numbers 11:1 Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp. Numbers 21:28 For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon's heights. Isaiah 26:11 O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them! Jeremiah 7:34 I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland." Jeremiah 16:9 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom. Jeremiah 48:45 "Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon's shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult. Lamentations 2:21 Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion. Treasury of Scripture The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. fire Psalm 78:21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; Deuteronomy 29:20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven. Deuteronomy 32:22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. maidens Isaiah 4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. Jeremiah 7:34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate. Jeremiah 16:9 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride. given to marriage. Jump to Previous Burned Consumed Devoured Fire Maidens Marriage Praised Song Songs Virgins Wedding YoungJump to Next Burned Consumed Devoured Fire Maidens Marriage Praised Song Songs Virgins Wedding YoungPsalm 78 1. An exhortation both to learn and to preach, the law of God9. The story of God's wrath against the incredulous and disobedient 67. The Israelites being rejected, God chose Judah, Zion, and David. (63) Were not given.--See margin. The desolation and misery were marked by the absence of the glad nuptial song.Verse 63. - The fire consumed their young men. The reference is not to such passages as Leviticus 10:2; Numbers 11:1; Numbers 16:35, where a literal fire seems to be spoken of, but rather to the fire of war (Numbers 21:28; Isaiah 26:11; Jeremiah 48:45), or more generally to the fire of the Divine anger (Isaiah 10:16-18; Isaiah 47:14, etc.). And their maidens were not given to marriage; literally, were not praised in song; i.e. in the bridal song. The destruction of the young men, either in battle or in any other way, caused there to be more marriageable girls in Israel than there were husbands for (comp. Isaiah 4:1). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Fireאֵ֑שׁ (’êš) Noun - common singular Strong's 784: A fire consumed אָֽכְלָה־ (’ā·ḵə·lāh-) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 398: To eat His young men, בַּחוּרָ֥יו (ba·ḥū·rāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 970: Selected, a youth and their maidens וּ֝בְתוּלֹתָ֗יו (ū·ḇə·ṯū·lō·ṯāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1330: A virgin, sometimes, a bride were left without לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no wedding songs. הוּלָּֽלוּ׃ (hūl·lā·lū) Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1984: To shine Links Psalm 78:63 NIVPsalm 78:63 NLT Psalm 78:63 ESV Psalm 78:63 NASB Psalm 78:63 KJV Psalm 78:63 BibleApps.com Psalm 78:63 Biblia Paralela Psalm 78:63 Chinese Bible Psalm 78:63 French Bible Psalm 78:63 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 78:63 Fire devoured their young men (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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