Psalms 78:64
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.”
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BSBPD
“His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 78:64 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 2:33And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, your eyes will fail and your heart will grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.
- 1 Samuel 4:11The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
- 1 Samuel 4:17The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
- 1 Samuel 4:19Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.
- 1 Samuel 4:21And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
- 1 Samuel 4:22“The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”
- 1 Samuel 22:18So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.
- Job 27:15His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.
- Ezekiel 24:23Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.
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