Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Their priests fell by the sword, but their widows did not 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 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.
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 Fire consumed their young men, and their virgins remained unmarried. 64 Their priests fell by the sword, but their widows did not weep. 65 But then the Lord awoke from his sleep; he was like a warrior in a drunken rage.
Cross References
1 Samuel 4:17
The messenger replied, "Israel has fled from the Philistines! The army has suffered a great defeat! Your two sons, Hophni and Phineas, are dead! The ark of God has been captured!"
Job 27:15
Those who survive him are buried by the plague, and their widows do not mourn for them.
1 Samuel 4:11
The ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were killed.
Ezekiel 24:23
Your turbans will be on your heads and your sandals on your feet; you will not mourn or weep, but you will rot for your iniquities and groan among yourselves.
1 Samuel 2:33-34
Any one of you that I do not cut off from my altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and will cause you grief. All of those born to your family will die in the prime of life.
1 Samuel 4:19-20
His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phineas, was pregnant and close to giving birth. When she heard that the ark of God was captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she doubled over and gave birth. But her labor pains were too much for her.
1 Samuel 22:18-19
Then the king said to Doeg, "You turn and strike down the priests!" So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests. He killed on that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.