Psalm 78:31 {77:31}
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And the wrath of God came upon them. And he slew the fat ones amongst them, and brought down the chosen men of Israel.

smote down.

Context
I Will Open My Mouth in Parables
30they were not defrauded of that which they craved. As yet their meat was in their mouth: 31And the wrath of God came upon them. And he slew the fat ones amongst them, and brought down the chosen men of Israel.32In all these things they sinned still: and they behaved not for his wondrous works.…
Cross References
Numbers 11:33
As yet the flesh was between their teeth, neither had that kind of meat failed: when behold the wrath of the Lord being provoked against the people, struck them with an exceeding great plague.

Numbers 11:34
And that place was called, The graves of lust: for there they buried the people that had lusted. And departing from the graves of lust, they came unto Haseroth, and abode there.

Job 20:23
May his belly be filled, that God may send forth the wrath of his indignation upon him, and rain down his war upon him.

Isaiah 10:16
Therefore the sovereign Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall send leanness among his fat ones: and under his glory shall be kindled a burning, as it were the burning of a fire.

Lexicon
God’s
אֱלֹהִ֨ים ׀ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

anger
וְאַ֤ף (wə·’ap̄)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire

flared against them,
עָ֘לָ֤ה (‘ā·lāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

and He put to death
וַֽ֭יַּהֲרֹג (way·ya·hă·rōḡ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2026: To smite with deadly intent

their strongest
בְּמִשְׁמַנֵּיהֶ֑ם (bə·miš·man·nê·hem)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4924: Fat, fatness, a rich dish, a fertile field, a robust man

and subdued
הִכְרִֽיעַ׃ (hiḵ·rî·a‘)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3766: To bend the knee, to sink, to prostrate

the young men
וּבַחוּרֵ֖י (ū·ḇa·ḥū·rê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 970: Selected, a youth

of Israel.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc


Additional Translations
God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel.The wrath of God came on them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of Israel.

then the indignation of God rose up against them, and slew the fattest of them, and overthrew the choice men of Israel.

When the anger of God went up against them; and he slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

When the anger of God went up against them, and slew of the fattest of them, and smote down the young men of Israel.

The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of the fattest of them, and struck down the young men of Israel.

And the anger of God hath gone up against them, And He slayeth among their fat ones, And youths of Israel He caused to bend.
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