Parallel Verses
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.
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,
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 let loose on them his burning anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, a company of destroying angels.
50
He did not spare their soul from death,
But
Cross References
Exodus 9:3-6
behold, the hand of the LORD will fall with a very severe plague upon your livestock that are in the field, the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds, and the flocks.
Job 27:22
It hurls at him without pity; he flees from its power in headlong flight.
Ezekiel 5:11
Therefore, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will withdraw.My eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.
Ezekiel 7:4
And my eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity, but I will punish you for your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 7:9
And my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. I will punish you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. Then you will know that I am the LORD, who strikes.
Ezekiel 8:18
Therefore I will act in wrath. My eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. And though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them."
Ezekiel 9:10
As for me, my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; I will bring their deeds upon their heads."
Romans 8:32
He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
2 Peter 2:4-5
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment;