Psalms 78:50

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“He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.”

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BSBPD

“He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“He made a path for his anger; He spared not their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“He pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 78:50 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 9:3then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.
  2. Exodus 9:6And the next day the LORD did just that. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.
  3. Job 27:22It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
  4. Ezekiel 5:11Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.
  5. Ezekiel 7:4I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’
  6. Ezekiel 7:9I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that it is I, the LORD, who strikes the blow.
  7. Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”
  8. Ezekiel 9:10But as for Me, I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. I will bring their deeds down upon their own heads.”
  9. Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
  10. 2 Peter 2:4For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

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

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