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Psalms 78:49

78:48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. gave: Heb. shut up hot: or, lightnings
He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

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He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.

He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

He cast on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

78:50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; He made: Heb. He weighed a path life: or, beasts to the murrain

What does Psalms 78:49 mean?

Psalms 78:49 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׁלַח (shâlach), חָרוֹן (chârôwn), אַף (ʼaph).

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He
castשָׁלַחshâlach/shaw-lakh'/H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
upon
them
the
fiercenessחָרוֹןchârôwn/khaw-rone'/H2740a burning of anger
of
his
anger,אַףʼaph/af/H639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
wrath,עֶבְרָהʻebrâh/eb-raw'/H5678an outburst of passion
and
indignation,זַעַםzaʻam/zah'-am/H2195strictly froth at the mouth, i.e. (figuratively) fury (especially of God's displeasure with sin)
and
trouble,צָרָהtsârâh/tsaw-raw'/H6869tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:
by
sendingמִשְׁלַחַתmishlachath/mish-lakh'-ath/H4917a mission, i.e. (abstractly and favorable) release, or (concretely and unfavorable) an army
evilרַעraʻ/rah/H7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
angelsמֲלְאָךְmălʼâk/mal-awk'/H4397a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
among
them.

Topics

AngerAnger of God, theEgyptians

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 78:49.

Exodus 32:12

Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

Ezekiel 21:31

And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy. brutish: or, burning

Ezekiel 22:31

Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.

Genesis 26:29

That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD. That: Heb. If thou shalt

Genesis 27:45

Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?

Genesis 3:22

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

Genesis 49:7

Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

Isaiah 13:13

Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

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What does Psalms 78:49 say?

Psalms 78:49 (King James Version) reads: "He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them."

Is Psalms 78:49 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 78:49 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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