Parallel Verses
NET Bible
He sent his anger in full force; he did not spare them from death; he handed their lives over to destruction.
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;
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 His raging anger lashed out against them, He sent fury, rage, and trouble as messengers who bring disaster. 50 He sent his anger in full force; he did not spare them from death; he handed their lives over to destruction. 51 He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham.
Cross References
Exodus 9:3-6
then the hand of the Lord will surely bring a very terrible plague on your livestock in the field, on the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds, and the flocks.
Job 27:22
It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power.
Ezekiel 5:11
"Therefore, as surely as I live, says the sovereign Lord, because you defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominable practices, I will withdraw; my eye will not pity you, nor will I spare you.
Ezekiel 7:4
My eye will not pity you; I will not spare you. For I will hold you responsible for your behavior, and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that I am the Lord!
Ezekiel 7:9
My eye will not pity you; I will not spare you. For your behavior I will hold you accountable, and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, who is striking you.
Ezekiel 8:18
Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them."
Ezekiel 9:10
But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare them; I hereby repay them for what they have done."
Romans 8:32
Indeed, he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all -- how will he not also, along with him, freely give us all things?
2 Peter 2:4-5
For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but threw them into hell and locked them up in chains in utter darkness, to be kept until the judgment,