Psalms 78:34
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
Psalms 78:34 in other translations
| BSB | When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God. |
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| WEB | When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly. |
| ASV | When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly. |
| YLT | If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly, |
| DARBY | When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after God; |
| BBE | When he sent death on them, then they made search for him; turning to him and looking for him with care; |
| Webster | When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God. |
What does Psalms 78:34 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 78:33-39
33-39. Though there were partial reformations after chastisement, and God, in pity, withdrew His hand for a time, yet their general conduct was rebellious, and He was thus provoked to waste and destroy them, by long and fruitless wandering in the desert.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 78:9-39
Sin dispirits men, and takes away the heart. Forgetfulness of God's works is the cause of disobedience to his laws. This narrative relates a struggle between God's goodness and man's badness. The Lord hears all our murmurings and distrusts, and is much displeased. Those that will not believe the power of God's mercy, shall feel the fire of his indignation. Those cannot be said to trust in God's salvation as their…
Psalms 78:34 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 78:34
- Hosea 5:15
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
- Numbers 21:7
Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
- Judges 3:12-15
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord. And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
- Hosea 7:14
And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
- Judges 3:8-9
Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan–rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan–rishathaim eight years. And when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
- Isaiah 26:6
The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
- Judges 4:3
And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
- Judges 10:7-10
And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon. And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed. And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
- Jeremiah 22:23
O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
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Context
- Psalms 78:33
Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
- Psalms 78:34
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
- Psalms 78:35
And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
Psalms 78:34 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si los mataba, entonces buscaban á Dios; entonces se volvían solícitos en busca suya. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | S’il les tuait, alors ils le recherchaient, et ils se retournaient, et cherchaient ✶Dieu dès le matin; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn er sie tötete, dann fragten sie nach ihm, und kehrten um und suchten Gott eifrig; |