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Psalms 78:50

78:49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
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

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He made a path for his anger. He didn’t spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,

He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

78:51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

What does Psalms 78:50 mean?

Psalms 78:50 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include פָּלַס (pâlaç), נָתִיב (nâthîyb), אַף (ʼaph).

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He
madeפָּלַסpâlaç/paw-las'/H6424properly, to roll flat, i.e. prepare (a road); also to revolve, i.e. weigh (mentally)
a
wayנָתִיבnâthîyb/naw-theeb'/H5410a (beaten) track
to
his
anger;אַףʼaph/af/H639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
he
sparedחָשַׂךְchâsak/khaw-sak'/H2820to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe
not
their
soulנֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
from
death,מָוֶתmâveth/maw'-veth/H4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
but
gaveסָגַרçâgar/saw-gar'/H5462to shut up; figuratively, to surrender
their
lifeחַיchay/khah'-ee/H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
overסָגַרçâgar/saw-gar'/H5462to shut up; figuratively, to surrender
to
the
pestilence;דֶּבֶרdeber/deh'-ber/H1698a pestilence
He
made:
Heb.
He
weighed
a
path
life:
or,
beasts
to
the
murrain

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AngerAnger of God, theEgyptiansPlague or Pestilence, thePunishment of the Wicked, the

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 78:50.

Genesis 2:7

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. of the dust: Heb. dust of the ground

Genesis 1:20

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. moving: or, creeping life: Heb. soul fowl: Heb. let fowl fly open: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven

Genesis 1:21

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:24

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

Genesis 2:19

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Adam: or, the man

Genesis 49:6

O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. digged: or, houghed oxen

Genesis 7:22

All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. the breath: Heb. the breath of the spirit of life

Genesis 9:10

And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

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What does Psalms 78:50 say?

Psalms 78:50 (King James Version) reads: "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"

Is Psalms 78:50 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 78:50 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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