Psalms 73:19

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“How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!”

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BSBPD

“How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended--consumed from terrors.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 73:19 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 16:21“Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.”
  2. Numbers 17:12Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!
  3. 1 Samuel 25:38About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.
  4. 1 Samuel 28:20Immediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.
  5. Job 15:21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
  6. Job 18:11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
  7. Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
  8. Job 20:23When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.
  9. Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
  10. Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
  11. Ecclesiastes 9:12For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
  12. Isaiah 21:3Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.
  13. Isaiah 30:13this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant!
  14. Isaiah 47:11But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.
  15. Daniel 5:6his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
  16. Acts 2:23He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
  17. 1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
  18. Revelation 18:10In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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