Psalm 78:50
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
He leveledיְפַלֵּ֥ס
(ye·fal·les)
6424: to weigh, make leveldenominative verb from peles
a pathנָתִ֗יב
(na·tiv)
5410a: path, pathwayfrom an unused word
for His anger;לְאַ֫פֹּ֥ו
(le·'ap·pov)
639: a nostril, nose, face, angerfrom anaph
He did not spareחָשַׂ֣ךְ
(cha·sach)
2820: to withhold, refraina prim. root
their soulנַפְשָׁ֑ם
(naf·sham;)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
from death,מִמָּ֣וֶת
(mim·ma·vet)
4194: deathfrom muth
But gave overהִסְגִּֽיר׃
(his·gir.)
5462: to shut, closea prim. root
their life 
 
2421b: living thing, animalfrom chayah
to the plague,לַדֶּ֥בֶר
(lad·de·ver)
1698: pestilencefrom dabar


















KJV Lexicon
He made
palac  (paw-las')
to roll flat, i.e. prepare (a road); also to revolve, i.e. weigh (mentally) -- make, ponder, weigh.
a way
nathiyb  (naw-theeb')
a (beaten) track -- path(-way), travel(-ler), way.
to his anger
'aph  (af)
the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
he spared
chasak  (khaw-sak')
assuage, darken, forbear, hinder, hold back, keep (back), punish, refrain, reserve, spare, withhold.
not their soul
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
from death
maveth  (maw'-veth)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin -- (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
but gave
cagar  (saw-gar')
to shut up; figuratively, to surrender -- close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, straitly.
their life
chay  (khah'-ee)
age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
over
cagar  (saw-gar')
to shut up; figuratively, to surrender -- close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, straitly.
to the pestilence
deber  (deh'-ber)
a pestilence -- murrain, pestilence, plague.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
He leveled a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But gave over their life to the plague,

King James Bible
He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He cleared a path for His anger. He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.

International Standard Version
He blazed a path for his anger; he did not stop short from killing them, but handed them over to pestilence.

NET Bible
He sent his anger in full force; he did not spare them from death; he handed their lives over to destruction.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he breached the evil path and did not spare their souls from death and delivered their animals to death.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He cleared a path for his anger. He did not spare them. He let the plague take their lives.

King James 2000 Bible
He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
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