Psalms 78:63
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.”
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“Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins had no marriage-song.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 78:63 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 29:20The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven
- 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.
- Psalms 78:21Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,
- Isaiah 4:1In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
- Jeremiah 7:34I 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 16:9For 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 25:10Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
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