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Psalms 78:34

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.

When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

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BSB
When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.
KJV
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
WEB
When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
ASV
When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.
DARBY
When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after God;
BLB
When He slew them, they would seek Him, and they turned back and sought after God.
ÅB
Når han herjet blant dem, da spurte de etter ham og vendte om og søkte Gud
OTB
Når Han slo dem ned, da søkte de Ham,
Og de vendte tilbake og søkte Gud ivrig;
B1930
Når han herjet blandt dem, da spurte de efter ham og vendte om og søkte Gud

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Hosea 5:15

    I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

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  • Numbers 21:7

    Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

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  • Judges 3:12–15

    And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

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  • Hosea 7:14

    And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.

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  • Judges 3:8–9

    Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.

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  • Isaiah 26:6

    The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

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  • Judges 4:3

    And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

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  • Judges 10:7–10

    And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.

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