Psalms 73:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!”
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“How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.”
King James Version · Public Domain“How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended--consumed from terrors.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 73:19 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 16:21“Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.”
- Numbers 17:12Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!
- 1 Samuel 25:38About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.
- 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.
- Job 15:21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
- Job 18:11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
- Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
- Job 20:23When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.
- Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
- Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!
- 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.
- Daniel 5:6his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
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