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Psalms 78:64

62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.

63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.

Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.

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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.

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BSB
His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.
KJV
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
WEB
Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn’t weep.
ASV
Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.
DARBY
Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.
BLB
His priests fell by the sword, and the widows could not weep.
ÅB
Dets prester falt for sverdet, og dets enker holdt ikke klagemål[^4].
OTB
Hans prester falt for sverdet,
Og Hans enker kunne ikke gråte.
B1930
Dets prester falt for sverdet, og dets enker holdt ikke klagemål. / < nemlig over sine døde.>

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 4:17

    And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

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  • Job 27:15

    Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

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  • Ezekiel 24:23

    And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.

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  • 1 Samuel 4:11

    And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

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  • 1 Samuel 22:18–19

    And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

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  • 1 Samuel 4:19–20

    And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.

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  • 1 Samuel 2:33–34

    And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.

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