Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He prepared a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death but gave them over to the plague. New Living Translation He turned his anger against them; he did not spare the Egyptians’ lives but ravaged them with the plague. English Standard Version He made a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague. Berean Standard Bible He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives 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; New King James Version He made a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But gave their life over to the plague, New American Standard Bible He leveled a path for His anger; He did not spare their souls from death, But turned their lives over to the plague, NASB 1995 He leveled a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But gave over their life to the plague, NASB 1977 He leveled a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But gave over their life to the plague, Legacy Standard Bible He leveled a path for His anger; He did not hold back their soul from death, But gave over their life to the plague, Amplified Bible He leveled a path for His anger [to give it free run]; He did not spare their souls from death, But turned over their lives to the plague. Christian Standard Bible He cleared a path for his anger. He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague. 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. American Standard Version He made a path for his anger; He spared not their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence, 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation He made a way for his wrath; he spared not their souls from death, but consigned their cattle to death; Contemporary English Version God released his anger and slaughtered them in a terrible way. Douay-Rheims Bible He made a way for a path to his anger: he spared not their souls from death, and their cattle he shut up in death. English Revised Version He made a path for his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; GOD'S WORD® Translation He cleared a path for his anger. He did not spare them. He let the plague take their lives. Good News Translation He did not restrain his anger or spare their lives, but killed them with a 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. JPS Tanakh 1917 He levelled a path for His anger; He spared not their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence; Literal Standard Version He ponders a path for His anger, | He did not keep back their soul from death, | Indeed, He delivered up their life to the pestilence. Majority Standard Bible He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague. New American Bible He cleared a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death, but delivered their animals to the plague. NET Bible He sent his anger in full force; he did not spare them from death; he handed their lives over to destruction. New Revised Standard Version He made a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague. New Heart English Bible He made a path for his anger. He did not spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence, Webster's Bible Translation He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; World English Bible He made a path for his anger. He didn’t spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence, Young's Literal Translation He pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context I Will Open My Mouth in Parables…49He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity—a band of destroying angels. 50He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague. 51He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.… Cross References Exodus 12:29 Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock. Exodus 12:30 During the night Pharaoh got up--he and all his officials and all the Egyptians--and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead. Exodus 15:7 You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble. Psalm 2:5 Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury: Amos 4:10 "I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me," declares the LORD. Treasury of Scripture He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; made away. Job 27:22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. Ezekiel 5:11 Wherefore, 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, neither will I have any pity. Ezekiel 7:4,9 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD… life over to the pestilence. Exodus 9:3-6 Behold, 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 oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain… Jump to Previous Anger Death Delivered Kept Life Path Pestilence Plague Pondereth Prepared Soul Spare Spared Way WrathJump to Next Anger Death Delivered Kept Life Path Pestilence Plague Pondereth Prepared Soul Spare Spared Way WrathPsalm 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. (50) Made a way.--Literally, levelled a path. So Symmachus.Verse 50. - He made a way to his anger; literally, he levelled a way for his anger; i.e. made a smooth path for it (Cheyne). He spared not their soul from death; rather, held not back their soul. But gave their life over to the pestilence. This is, undoubtedly, the true meaning, and not "he gave their beasts over to the murrain." Though no "pestilence" is expressly mentioned in Exodus 12. as having caused the death of the firstborn, yet pestilence may assuredly have been the means employed. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He clearedיְפַלֵּ֥ס (yə·p̄al·lês) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6424: To roll flat, prepare, to revolve, weigh a path נָתִ֗יב (nā·ṯîḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5410: Path, pathway for His anger; לְאַ֫פּ֥וֹ (lə·’ap·pōw) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire He did not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no spare חָשַׂ֣ךְ (ḥā·śaḵ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2820: To restrain, refrain, to refuse, spare, preserve, to observe them נַפְשָׁ֑ם (nap̄·šām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from death מִמָּ֣וֶת (mim·mā·weṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin but delivered הִסְגִּֽיר׃ (his·gîr) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5462: To shut up, to surrender their lives וְ֝חַיָּתָ֗ם (wə·ḥay·yā·ṯām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life to the plague. לַדֶּ֥בֶר (lad·de·ḇer) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1698: A pestilence Links Psalm 78:50 NIVPsalm 78:50 NLT Psalm 78:50 ESV Psalm 78:50 NASB Psalm 78:50 KJV Psalm 78:50 BibleApps.com Psalm 78:50 Biblia Paralela Psalm 78:50 Chinese Bible Psalm 78:50 French Bible Psalm 78:50 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 78:50 He made a path for his anger (Psalm Ps Psa.) |