Psalms 73:19

73:18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

KJV

How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.

How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

73:20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

What does Psalms 73:19 mean?

Psalms 73:19 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שַׁמָּה (shammâh), רֶגַע (regaʻ), סוּף (çûwph).

Hebrew interlinear

How

are

they

brought

into

desolation,שַׁמָּהshammâh/sham-maw'/H8047ruin; by implication, consternation

moment!רֶגַעregaʻ/reh'-gah/H7281a wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of time

they

are

utterlyסוּףçûwph/soof/H5486to snatch away, i.e. terminate

consumedתָּמַםtâmam/taw-mam'/H8552to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive

with

terrors.בַּלָּהָהballâhâh/bal-law-haw'/H1091alarm; hence, destruction

Topics

Afflictions of the Wicked, the Death Envy Happiness of the Wicked, the Integrity Meditation Murmuring Punishment of the Wicked, the Rich, The Temptation Wicked Worldliness

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 73:19.

Jeremiah 44:12

And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 73:19 say?

Psalms 73:19 (King James Version) reads: "How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors."

Is Psalms 73:19 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 73:19 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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