Psalms 78:21

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“Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,”

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BSBPD

“Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Therefore hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 78:21 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 11:1Soon 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.
  2. Numbers 11:3So that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the LORD had burned among them.
  3. Numbers 11:10Then Moses heard the people of family after family weeping at the entrances to their tents, and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, and Moses was also displeased.
  4. Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
  5. Psalms 78:31God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel.
  6. Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.
  7. 1 Corinthians 10:5Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.
  8. 1 Corinthians 10:11Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
  9. Hebrews 12:29“For our God is a consuming fire.”
  10. Jude 1:5Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.

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