Psalms 78 · Verse 64

Psalms 78:64

Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
Psalms 78:64, King James Version

Psalms 78:64 in other translations

BSBHis priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.
WEBTheir priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn’t weep.
ASVTheir priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.
YLTHis priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.
DARBYTheir priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.
BBETheir priests were put to death by the sword, and their widows made no weeping for them.
WebsterTheir priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

What does Psalms 78:64 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
64. (Compare 1Sa 4:17); and there were, doubtless, others. made no lamentation--either because stupefied by grief, or hindered by the enemy.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 64 Their priests fell by the sword - Hophni and Phinehas, who were slain in that unfortunate battle against the Philistines in which the ark of the Lord was taken, 1Sam 4:11. A Chaldee Targum on this passage says, "In the time in which the ark of the Lord was taken by the Philistines, Hophni and Phinehas, the two priests, fell by the sword at Shiloh; and when the news was brought, their wives made no lamentation, for they both died the same day."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 78:56-72

After the Israelites were settled in Canaan, the children were like their fathers. God gave them his testimonies, but they turned back. Presumptuous sins render even Israelites hateful to God's holiness, and exposed to his justice. Those whom the Lord forsakes become an easy prey to the destroyer. And sooner or later, God will disgrace his enemies. He set a good government over his people; a monarch after his own…

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Psalms 78:64 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כֹּ֭הֲנָיוKo.ha.navpriests itsH3548
בַּחֶ֣רֶבba.Che.revby the swordH2719
נָפָ֑לוּna.Fa.luthey fellH5307
וְ֝אַלְמְנֹתָ֗יוve.'al.me.no.Tavand widows itsH490
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תִבְכֶּֽינָה\׃tiv.Kei.nahthey weptH1058

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 78:64

  • 1 Samuel 4:17

    And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

  • Job 27:15

    Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

  • Ezekiel 24:23

    And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.

  • 1 Samuel 4:11

    And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

  • 1 Samuel 22:18-19

    And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

  • 1 Samuel 4:19-20

    And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her. And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.

  • 1 Samuel 2:33-34

    And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age. And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
priests.
1Sa 2:33,34; 4:11,17; 22:18,19
widows.
1Sa 4:19,20; Job 27:15; Eze 24:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 78:63

    The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.

  • Psalms 78:64

    Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

  • Psalms 78:65

    Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

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Psalms 78:64 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Sus sacerdotes cayeron á cuchillo, y sus viudas no lamentaron.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Leurs sacrificateurs tombèrent par l’épée, et leurs veuves ne se lamentèrent pas.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Seine Priester fielen durch das Schwert, und seine Witwen weinten nicht.