Psalms 78:31
29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel.
- KJV
- The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
- WEB
- when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of their strongest, and struck down the young men of Israel.
- ASV
- When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of Israel.
- DARBY
- When the anger of God went up against them; and he slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
- BLB
- And the anger of God came upon them, and He killed the fattest of them and subdued the young men of Israel.
- ÅB
- da reiste Guds vrede seg mot dem, og han herjet blant deres kraftfulle menn, og Israels unge menn slo han ned.
- OTB
- Steg Guds vrede opp mot dem
Og slo ned noen av deres sterkeste,
Og bøyde de utvalgte menn i Israel. - B1930
- da reiste Guds vrede sig mot dem, og han herjet blandt deres kraftfulle menn, og Israels unge menn slo han ned.