Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
He made a path for his anger. He spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,
New American Standard Bible
He did not spare their soul from death,
But
King James Version
He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
Holman Bible
He did not spare them from death
but delivered their lives to the plague.
International Standard Version
He blazed a path for his anger; he did not stop short from killing them, but handed them over to pestilence.
American Standard Version
He made a path for his anger; He spared not their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence,
Amplified
He leveled a path for His anger [to give it free run];
He did not spare their souls from death,
But turned over their lives to the plague.
Bible in Basic English
He let his wrath have its way; he did not keep back their soul from death, but gave their life to disease.
Darby Translation
He made a way for his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
Julia Smith Translation
He will prepare a beaten path for his anger; he spared not their soul from death, and their life he delivered to the word;
King James 2000
He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
Lexham Expanded Bible
He cleared a path for his anger. He did not spare them from death but handed their life over to the plague.
Modern King James verseion
He made a way to His anger; He did not save their soul from death, but gave their life over to the plague,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When he made a way to his fearful indignation, and spared not their souls from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
NET Bible
He sent his anger in full force; he did not spare them from death; he handed their lives over to destruction.
New Heart English Bible
He made a path for his anger. He did not spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,
The Emphasized Bible
He leveled a path for his anger, Withheld not, from death, their soul, But, their life - to the pestilence, he delivered:
Webster
He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
World English Bible
He made a path for his anger. He didn't spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,
Youngs Literal Translation
He pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up.
Themes
Anger of God » Manifested in judgments and afflictions
God's Judgments » Pestilence » Sent
natural Life » Of the wicked, not specially protected by God
Murrain (a disease of livestock) » A plague of egypt
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 78:50
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lessons From Israel's Past
49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, a band of [heavenly] agents of evil. 50 He made a path for his anger. He spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence, 51 and smote all the first-born in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
Cross References
Exodus 9:3-6
behold, the hand of LORD is upon thy cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the donkeys, upon the camels, upon the herds, and upon the flocks--a very grievous pestilence.
Job 27:22
For [God] shall hurl at him, and not spare. He would gladly flee out of his hand.
Ezekiel 5:11
Therefore, as I live, says lord LORD, surely, because thou have defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore I also will diminish [thee], nor shall my eye spare. And I also will ha
Ezekiel 7:4
And my eye shall not spare thee, nor will I have pity. But I will bring thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee. And ye shall know that I am LORD.
Ezekiel 7:9
And my eye shall not spare, nor will I have pity. I will bring upon thee according to thy ways. And thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee. And ye shall know that I, LORD, do smite.
Ezekiel 8:18
Therefore I will also deal in wrath. My eye shall not spare, nor will I have pity. And though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet I will not hear them.
Ezekiel 9:10
And as for me also, my eye shall not spare, nor will I have pity, but I will bring their way upon their head.
Romans 8:32
He who did not even spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how will he not also give us all things with him?
2 Peter 2:4-5
For if God did not spare heavenly agents who sinned, but delivered them up to chains of darkness, having been cast into hell being reserved for judgment,