Revised Version 1895
Psalms 78:50
50He made a path for his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
Psalms 78:50 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
- New International Version (NIV)He prepared a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death but gave them over to the plague.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He made a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He made a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But gave their life over to the plague,
Context of Psalms 78:50
48He gave over their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. 49He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, a band of angels of evil. He made a path for his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; 51And smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham: 52But he led forth his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
Read all of Psalms 78Psalms 78:50 word by word
יְפַלֵּ֥ס נָתִ֗יב לְאַ֫פּ֥וֹ לֹא־חָשַׂ֣ךְ מִמָּ֣וֶת נַפְשָׁ֑ם וְ֝חַיָּתָ֗ם לַדֶּ֥בֶר הִסְגִּֽיר׃Read the interlinear
- pathנָתִיבnâthîyb nethîybâh nethibâh · pathH5410
- angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
- sparedחָשַׂךְchâώak · to withholdH2820
- notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
- deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194
- gaveסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
- lifeנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
- pestilenceדֶּ֫בֶרdeber · pestilenceH1698
Cross-references for Psalms 78:50
- Job 27:22For God shall hurl at him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
- Ezekiel 5:11Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, and I also will have no pity.
- Ezekiel 7:4And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will bring thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 8:18Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
- Ezekiel 9:10And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way upon their head.
- Romans 8:32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?
- 2 Peter 2:4For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
- Exodus 9:3behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the herds, and upon the flocks: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
Commentaries on Psalms 78:50
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 50He made a way to his anger - Margin, he weighed a path. He leveled a path for it; he took away all hindrance to it; he allowed it to have free scope. The idea of weighing is not in the original. The allusion is to a preparation made by which one can march along freely, and without any obstruction. See the notes at Isaiah 40:3-4. He spared not their soul from death - He spared not their lives. That is, he gave them over to death. But gave their life over…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 40-55Verses 40-55 Let not those that receive mercy from God, be thereby made bold to sin, for the mercies they receive will hasten its punishment; yet let not those who are under Divine rebukes for sin, be discouraged from repentance. The Holy One of Israel will do what is most for his own glory, and what is most for their good. Their forgetting former favours, led them to limit God for the future. God made his own people to go forth like sheep; and guided…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 40-55The Israelites rebelled even though the Lord had rescued them from powerful plagues.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 50-5150-51. made a way--removed obstacles, gave it full scope.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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