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Psalms 78:33

78:32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

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Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.

Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

78:34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

What does Psalms 78:33 mean?

Psalms 78:33 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יוֹם (yôwm), כָּלָה (kâlâh), הֶבֶל (hebel).

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Therefore
their
daysיוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
did
he
consumeכָּלָהkâlâh/kaw-law'/H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
in
vanity,הֶבֶלhebel/heh'bel/H1892emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
and
their
yearsשָׁנֶהshâneh/shaw-neh'/H8141a year (as a revolution of time)
in
trouble.בֶּהָלָהbehâlâh/beh-haw-law'/H928panic, destruction

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 78:33.

Genesis 1:14

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day: Heb. between the day and between the night

Genesis 2:2

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Genesis 5:11

And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

Genesis 5:14

And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

Genesis 5:17

And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

Genesis 5:20

And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.

Genesis 5:23

And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

Genesis 5:27

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

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What does Psalms 78:33 say?

Psalms 78:33 (King James Version) reads: "Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble."

Is Psalms 78:33 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 78:33 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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