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Psalms 78:33
33So he ended their lives in failure, their years in 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
31the anger of God rose against them, and he killed their strongest men. He struck down the finest of Israel’s young men. 32But in spite of this, the people kept sinning. Despite his wonders, they refused to trust him. So he ended their lives in failure, their years in terror. 34When God began killing them, they finally sought him. They repented and took God seriously. 35Then they remembered that God was their rock, that God Most High was their redeemer.
Read all of Psalms 78Psalms 78:33 word by word
וַיְכַל־בַּהֶ֥בֶל יְמֵיהֶ֑ם וּ֝שְׁנוֹתָ֗ם בַּבֶּהָלָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 78:33
- Psalms 90:7We wither beneath your anger; we are overwhelmed by your fury.
- Numbers 14:29You will all drop dead in this wilderness! Because you complained against me, every one of you who is twenty years old or older and was included in the registration will die.
- Numbers 26:64Not one person on this list had been among those listed in the previous registration taken by Moses and Aaron in the wilderness of Sinai.
- Deuteronomy 2:14“Thirty-eight years passed from the time we first left Kadesh-barnea until we finally crossed the Zered Brook! By then, all the men old enough to fight in battle had died in the wilderness, as the Lord had vowed would happen.
- Genesis 3:16Then he said to the woman, “I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy, and in pain you will give birth. And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you.”
- Job 5:6But evil does not spring from the soil, and trouble does not sprout from the earth.
- Job 14:1“How frail is humanity! How short is life, how full of trouble!
- Ecclesiastes 1:2“Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher, “completely meaningless!”
- Ecclesiastes 12:8“Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher, “completely meaningless.”
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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