Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
His priests fell by the sword, and his widows wept not
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
Holman Bible
but the
International Standard Version
The priests fell by the sword, yet their widows couldn't weep.
A Conservative Version
Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.
American Standard Version
Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.
Amplified
His priests [Hophni and Phinehas] fell by the sword,
And His widows could not weep.
Bible in Basic English
Their priests were put to death by the sword, and their widows made no weeping for them.
Darby Translation
Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.
King James 2000
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
Lexham Expanded Bible
His priests fell by the sword, and his widows did not weep.
Modern King James verseion
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows were not able to weep.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Their priests were slain with the sword, and there were no widows to made lamentation.
NET Bible
Their priests fell by the sword, but their widows did not weep.
New Heart English Bible
Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn't weep.
The Emphasized Bible
His priests, by the sword, did fall, And, his widows, were not able to bewail.
Webster
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
World English Bible
Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn't weep.
Youngs Literal Translation
His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.
Themes
Jews, the » Punished for » Idolatry
Widow's » Not to be deplored by, considered a great calamity
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 78:64
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lessons From Israel's Past
63 The fire devoured his young men, and his virgins wailed not 64 His priests fell by the sword, and his widows wept not 65 And Jehovah will awake as he sleeping, as the strong one shouting from wine.
Cross References
1 Samuel 4:17
And he bearing tidings will answer and say, Israel fled before Philisteim, and also a great slaughter was among the people, and also thy two sons died, Hophni and Phinehas; and the ark of God was taken.
Job 27:15
His surviving one shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep.
1 Samuel 4:11
And the ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli were slain, Hophni and Phinehaa
Ezekiel 24:23
And your head-dress uponyour heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not lament, and ye shall not weep; and ye pined away m your iniquities, and ye grieved a man to his brother. .
1 Samuel 2:33-34
And a man I will not cut off to thee from mine altar to finish thine eyes and to cause thy soul to pine away: and all the increase of thy house, the men, shall die.
1 Samuel 4:19-20
And his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, conceived to bring forth: and she will hear the message of the taking of the ark of God, and the death of her father-in-law and her husband, and she will bow and bring forth, for her pains turned upon her.
1 Samuel 22:18-19
And the king will say to Doeg, Turn thou about, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite will turn about, and he will fall upon the priests and kill in that day eighty and five men lifting up a linen ephod.