Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows were not able to weep.
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.
Julia Smith Translation
His priests fell by the sword, and his widows wept not
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 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 burned up their young men; and their maidens were not given in marriage. 64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows were not able to weep. 65 Then the Lord awakened like one out of sleep, like a mighty man rejoicing with wine.
Cross References
1 Samuel 4:17
And the messenger answered and said, Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people also. And also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
Job 27:15
Those who remain of him shall be buried in death; and his widows shall not weep.
1 Samuel 4:11
And the ark of God was taken. And Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were slain.
Ezekiel 24:23
And your turbans shall be on your heads, and your sandals on your feet. You shall not mourn nor weep; but you shall pine away for your iniquities and mourn to one another.
1 Samuel 2:33-34
And that man of yours whom I shall not cut off from My altar, shall be left in order to make your eyes fail, and to grieve your heart. And all the increase of your house shall die young men.
1 Samuel 4:19-20
And his daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, ready to be delivered. And when she heard the report 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.
1 Samuel 22:18-19
And the king said to Doeg, You turn and fall on the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned and fell on the priests. And on that day he killed eighty-five persons who wore a linen ephod.