Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
They gave the corpses of thy servants food to the birds of the heavens, the flesh of thy godly ones to the beasts of the earth.
New American Standard Bible
The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.
King James Version
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
Holman Bible
to the birds of the sky for food,
the flesh of Your godly ones
to the beasts of the earth.
International Standard Version
to give the corpses of your servants as food for the birds of the skies and the flesh of your godly ones to the beasts of the earth;
A Conservative Version
They have given the dead bodies of thy servants to be food to the birds of the heavens, the flesh of thy sanctified to the beasts of the earth.
American Standard Version
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
Amplified
They have given the dead bodies of Your servants as food to the birds of the heavens,
The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.
Darby Translation
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowl of the heavens, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth:
King James 2000
The dead bodies of your servants have they given to be food unto the fowls of heaven, the flesh of your saints unto the beasts of the earth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They have given the bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the heavens, the flesh of your faithful to [the] beasts of [the] earth.
Modern King James verseion
They have given the dead bodies of Your servants as food for the birds of the heavens, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the air, and the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the land.
NET Bible
They have given the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky; the flesh of your loyal followers to the beasts of the earth.
New Heart English Bible
They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your holy ones to the animals of the earth.
Webster
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food to the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints, to the beasts of the earth.
World English Bible
They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth.
Youngs Literal Translation
They gave the dead bodies of Thy servants Food for the fowls of the heavens, The flesh of Thy saints For the wild beast of the earth.
References
Watsons
Word Count of 18 Translations in Psalm 79:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Faith Amid Confusion
1 Chanting to Asaph. O God, the nations came into thine inheritance; they defiled thy holy temple; they set Jerusalem for ruins. 2 They gave the corpses of thy servants food to the birds of the heavens, the flesh of thy godly ones to the beasts of the earth. 3 They poured out their blood as water round about Jerusalem; and none burying.
Cross References
Jeremiah 7:33
And the carcass of this people was for food to the birds of the heavens and for the cattle of the earth; and none terrifying.
Jeremiah 16:4
Deaths of diseases shall they die; they shall not be lamented, and they shall not be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth, and by sword and by famine shall they be consumed, and their carcass was for food to the birds of the heavens and to the beasts of the earth.
Jeremiah 34:20
And I gave them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those seeking their soul; and their corpses were for food to the birds of the heavens and to the beasts of the earth.
Deuteronomy 28:26
And thy carcass was for food to all the birds of the heavens and to the cattle of the earth, and none terrifying.
Jeremiah 15:3
And I reviewed over them four kinds, says Jehovah: the sword to kill, and dogs to tear in pieces, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the earth, to consume and destroy.
Jeremiah 19:7
And I emptied out the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I caused them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them seeking their soul: and I gave their carcasses for food to the fowls of the heavens and to the beasts of the earth.