Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He gave his people over to the sword; he was furious with his inheritance. New Living Translation He gave his people over to be butchered by the sword, because he was so angry with his own people—his special possession. English Standard Version He gave his people over to the sword and vented his wrath on his heritage. Berean Standard Bible He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage. King James Bible He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. New King James Version He also gave His people over to the sword, And was furious with His inheritance. New American Standard Bible He also turned His people over to the sword, And was filled with wrath at His inheritance. NASB 1995 He also delivered His people to the sword, And was filled with wrath at His inheritance. NASB 1977 He also delivered His people to the sword, And was filled with wrath at His inheritance. Legacy Standard Bible He also gave over His people to the sword, And was filled with wrath at His inheritance. Amplified Bible He also handed His people over to the sword, And was infuriated with His inheritance (Israel). Christian Standard Bible He surrendered his people to the sword because he was enraged with his heritage. Holman Christian Standard Bible He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged with His heritage. American Standard Version He gave his people over also unto the sword, And was wroth with his inheritance. Contemporary English Version God took out his anger on his chosen ones and let them be killed by enemy swords. English Revised Version He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. GOD'S WORD® Translation He let swords kill his people. He was furious with those who belonged to him. Good News Translation He was angry with his own people and let them be killed by their enemies. International Standard Version He delivered his people over to the sword and was angry with his possession. Majority Standard Bible He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage. NET Bible He delivered his people over to the sword, and was angry with his chosen nation. New Heart English Bible He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance. Webster's Bible Translation He gave over his people also to the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. World English Bible He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd delivers His people up to the sword, "" And showed Himself angry with His inheritance. Young's Literal Translation And delivereth up to the sword His people, And with His inheritance shewed Himself angry. Smith's Literal Translation And he will deliver his people to the sword, and he overflowed upon his inheritance. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd he shut up his people under the sword: and he despised his inheritance. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible God delivered his people to the sword; he was enraged against his heritage. New Revised Standard Version He gave his people to the sword, and vented his wrath on his heritage. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHe delivered his people to the sword, and disregarded his inheritance. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated He gave over his people to the sword and turned away from his inheritance. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917He gave His people over also unto the sword; And was wroth with His inheritance. Brenton Septuagint Translation And he gave his people to the sword; and disdained his inheritance. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context I Will Open My Mouth in Parables…61He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary. 62He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage. 63Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.… Cross References Judges 2:14 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist. 1 Samuel 4:10-11 So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell. / The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died. Jeremiah 12:7 I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies. Lamentations 2:7 The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast. Isaiah 42:24-25 Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law. / So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart. 2 Kings 17:20 So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence. 2 Chronicles 36:17 So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, Deuteronomy 32:30 How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up? Hosea 9:12-17 Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them! / I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter. / Give them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up! ... Ezekiel 39:23-24 And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword. / I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and transgressions, and I hid My face from them. Romans 1:18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness. Hebrews 3:11 So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” 1 Corinthians 10:5 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness. Revelation 6:16-17 And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. / For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?” Matthew 23:37-38 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. Treasury of Scripture He gave his people over also to the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. gave 1 Samuel 4:2,10,11 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men… wrought Psalm 89:38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. Isaiah 64:9 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. Jump to Previous Angry Delivered Delivereth Filled Heritage Inheritance Shewed Sword Wrath WrothJump to Next Angry Delivered Delivereth Filled Heritage Inheritance Shewed Sword Wrath WrothPsalm 78 1. An exhortation both to learn and to preach, the law of God9. The story of God's wrath against the incredulous and disobedient 67. The Israelites being rejected, God chose Judah, Zion, and David. He gave His people over to the sword This phrase reflects a moment of divine judgment where God allows His chosen people to face the consequences of their disobedience. The Hebrew word for "gave" (נָתַן, natan) implies a deliberate action, indicating that God, in His sovereignty, permitted this outcome as a form of discipline. Historically, this can be seen in the context of Israel's repeated cycles of rebellion and repentance, where God used foreign nations as instruments of correction. The "sword" symbolizes warfare and destruction, a common consequence for nations that turned away from God's commandments. This serves as a sobering reminder of the seriousness of sin and the holiness of God, who desires His people to walk in righteousness. and was enraged with His inheritance Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He surrenderedוַיַּסְגֵּ֣ר (way·yas·gêr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5462: To shut up, to surrender His people עַמּ֑וֹ (‘am·mōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock to the sword לַחֶ֣רֶב (la·ḥe·reḇ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword because He was enraged הִתְעַבָּֽר׃ (hiṯ·‘ab·bār) Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on by His heritage. וּ֝בְנַחֲלָת֗וֹ (ū·ḇə·na·ḥă·lā·ṯōw) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5159: Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion Links Psalm 78:62 NIVPsalm 78:62 NLT Psalm 78:62 ESV Psalm 78:62 NASB Psalm 78:62 KJV Psalm 78:62 BibleApps.com Psalm 78:62 Biblia Paralela Psalm 78:62 Chinese Bible Psalm 78:62 French Bible Psalm 78:62 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 78:62 He also gave his people over (Psalm Ps Psa.) |