Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And he smote his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.
New American Standard Bible
He put on them an everlasting reproach.
King James Version
And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
Holman Bible
He gave them lasting shame.
International Standard Version
He beat back his adversaries, permanently disgracing them.
American Standard Version
And he smote his adversaries backward: He put them to a perpetual reproach.
Amplified
He drove His enemies backward;
He subjected them to lasting shame and dishonor.
Bible in Basic English
His haters were turned back by his blows and shamed for ever.
Darby Translation
And he smote his adversaries in the hinder part, and put them to everlasting reproach.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will strike his enemies behind: he gave to them reproach forever.
King James 2000
And he struck his enemies and beat them back: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he beat back his enemies; he gave them over to perpetual scorn.
Modern King James verseion
And He drove His enemies backward; He put them to a never-ending shame.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He smote his enemies in the hinder parts, and put them to a perpetual shame.
NET Bible
He drove his enemies back; he made them a permanent target for insults.
New Heart English Bible
He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.
The Emphasized Bible
So he smote his adversaries in the rear, Reproach age-abiding, laid he upon them.
Webster
And he smote his enemies in the hinder part: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
World English Bible
He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.
Youngs Literal Translation
And He smiteth His adversaries backward, A reproach age-during He hath put on them,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 78:66
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lessons From Israel's Past
65 Then LORD awoke as out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts because of wine. 66 And he smote his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach. 67 Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim,
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1 Samuel 5:6
But the hand of LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with tumors, even Ashdod and the borders of it.
1 Samuel 6:4
Then they said, What shall be the trespass-offering which we shall return to him? And they said, Five golden tumors, and five golden mice, [according to] the number of the lords of the Philistines, for one plague was on you all, an
Jeremiah 23:40
And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.