New English Translation
Psalms 78:33
33So he caused them to die unsatisfied and filled with terror.
Psalms 78:33 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
- New International Version (NIV)So he ended their days in futility and their years in terror.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So he made their days vanish like a breath, and their years in terror.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore their days He consumed in futility, And their years in fear.
Context of Psalms 78:33
31when the anger of God flared up against them. He killed some of the strongest of them; he brought the young men of Israel to their knees. 32Despite all this, they continued to sin, and did not trust him to do amazing things. So he caused them to die unsatisfied and filled with terror. 34When he struck them down, they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God. 35They remembered that God was their protector, and that the sovereign God was their deliverer.
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וַיְכַל־בַּהֶ֥בֶל יְמֵיהֶ֑ם וּ֝שְׁנוֹתָ֗ם בַּבֶּהָלָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 78:33
- Psalms 90:7Yes, we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath.
- Numbers 14:29Your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness – all those of you who were numbered, according to your full number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me.
- Numbers 26:64But there was not a man among these who had been among those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the Israelites in the wilderness of Sinai.
- Deuteronomy 2:14Now the length of time it took for us to go from Kadesh Barnea to the crossing of Wadi Zered was thirty-eight years, time for all the military men of that generation to die, just as the Lord had vowed to them.
- Genesis 3:16To the woman he said, “I will greatly increase your labor pains; with pain you will give birth to children. You will want to control your husband, but he will dominate you.”
- Job 5:6For evil does not come up from the dust, nor does trouble spring up from the ground,
- Job 14:1“Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.
- Ecclesiastes 1:2“Futile! Futile!” laments the Teacher, “Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!”
- Ecclesiastes 12:8“Absolutely futile!” laments the Teacher, “All of these things are futile!”
Commentaries on Psalms 78:33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33Their days did he consume in vanity - By causing them to wander forty years in the wilderness, vainly expecting an end to their labor, and the enjoyment of the promised rest, which, by their rebellions, they had forfeited.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33Therefore their days did he consume in vanity - He suffered them to spend their days - the days of that entire generation - in vain and fruitless wanderings in the desert. Instead of leading them at once to the promised land, they were kept there to wear out their life in tedious monotony, accomplishing nothing - wandering from place to place - until all the generation that had come out of Egypt had died. And their years in trouble - literally, “in…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-39Verses 9-39 Sin dispirits men, and takes away the heart. Forgetfulness of God's works is the cause of disobedience to his laws. This narrative relates a struggle between God's goodness and man's badness. The Lord hears all our murmurings and distrusts, and is much displeased. Those that will not believe the power of God's mercy, shall feel the fire of his indignation. Those cannot be said to trust in God's salvation as their happiness at last, who can not…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 33An entire generation died in the wilderness (Numbers 14:22–23, 28–35).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33-3933-39. Though there were partial reformations after chastisement, and God, in pity, withdrew His hand for a time, yet their general conduct was rebellious, and He was thus provoked to waste and destroy them, by long and fruitless wandering in the desert.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 78
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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