Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore shall the heathen say, "Where is now their God?" O let the vengeance of thy servant's blood that is shed, be openly showed upon the heathen in our sight.
New American Standard Bible
Let there be known among the nations in our sight,
King James Version
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
Holman Bible
“Where is their God?”
Before our eyes,
let vengeance for the shed blood of Your servants
be known among the nations.
International Standard Version
Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let vengeance for the blood of your servants be meted out before our eyes and among the nations.
A Conservative Version
Why should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed be known among the nations in our sight.
American Standard Version
Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed Be known among the nations in our sight.
Amplified
Why should the [Gentile] nations say, “Where is their God?”
Let there be known [without delay] among the nations in our sight [and to this generation],
Your vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been poured out.
Darby Translation
Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants that is shed be known among the nations in our sight.
Julia Smith Translation
Wherefore shall the nations say, Where is their God? He will make known among the nations before our eyes the vengeance of the blood of thy servants being poured out.
King James 2000
Why should the nations say, Where is their God? let him be known among the nations in our sight by the revenging of the blood of your servants which is shed.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Why should the nations say, "Where [is] their God?" Let it be known among the nations before our eyes, [by] the avenging of the blood of your servants that was poured out.
Modern King James verseion
Why should the nations say, Where is their God? Let Him be known among the nations before our eyes by the revenging of the blood of Your servants which is shed.
NET Bible
Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations!
New Heart English Bible
Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, that vengeance for your servants' blood is being poured out.
The Emphasized Bible
Wherefore should the nations say - Where is their God? Let him be known among the nations before our eyes! Yea! By the avenging of the blood of thy servants which hath been shed!
Webster
Why should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by avenging the blood of thy servants which is shed.
World English Bible
Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, that vengeance for your servants' blood is being poured out.
Youngs Literal Translation
Why do the nations say, 'Where is their God?' Let be known among the nations before our eyes, The vengeance of the blood of Thy servants that is shed.
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 79:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Faith Amid Confusion
9 Help us, O God our saviour, for the glory of thy name; O deliver us, and forgive us our sins for thy name's sake. 10 Wherefore shall the heathen say, "Where is now their God?" O let the vengeance of thy servant's blood that is shed, be openly showed upon the heathen in our sight. 11 O let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before thee; and according unto the power of thy arm, preserve those that are appointed to die.
Cross References
Psalm 42:10
My bones are smitten asunder as with a sword, while mine enemies that trouble me cast me in the teeth, daily saying unto me, "Where is now thy God?"
Psalm 42:3
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they daily say unto me, "Where is now thy God?"
Psalm 94:1
O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself.
Psalm 115:2
Wherefore shall the Heathen say, "Where is now their God?"
Exodus 6:7
And I will take you for my people and will be to you a God. And ye shall know that I am the LORD your God which brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
Exodus 7:5
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD when I have stretched forth my hand upon Egypt, and have brought out the children of Israel from among them."
Psalm 9:16
The LORD is known to execute judgment; the ungodly is trapped in the work of his own hands. Selah.
Psalm 58:11
So that men shall say, "Verily there is a reward for the righteous! Doubtless, there is a God that judgeth the earth!"
Psalm 83:17-18
Let them be confounded and vexed ever more and more; let them be put to shame and perish.
Jeremiah 51:35
He hath taken my substance away and the thing that was left me hath he carried unto Babylon,' sayeth the daughter that dwelleth in Zion. 'Yea, and my blood also, unto the Chaldeans,' sayeth Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 36:23
that the heathen may know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord Jehovah, when I am sanctified upon you in their sight.
Ezekiel 39:21-22
I will bring my glory also among the Gentiles, that all the Heathen may see my judgment that I have kept, and my hand which I have laid upon them:
Joel 2:17
Let the priests that minister unto the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and say, "Spare, Lord, thy people: and deliver not thine heritage unto rebuke that the heathen should reign over them. Why should they say among the nations, 'Where is their God?'"
Micah 7:10
She that is mine enemy shall look upon it, and be confounded, which now sayeth, "Where is thy LORD God?" Mine eyes shall behold her, when she shall be trodden down, as the clay in the streets.
Romans 12:19
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves but give room unto the wrath of God. For it is written, "Vengeance is mine, and I will reward, saith the Lord."
Revelation 18:20
Rejoice over her thou heaven, and ye holy apostles, and prophets: for God hath given your judgment on her."