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Psalms 78:66

78:65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.

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He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.

And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.

And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.

78:67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

What does Psalms 78:66 mean?

Psalms 78:66 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נָכָה (nâkâh), צַר (tsar), אָחוֹר (ʼâchôwr).

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And
he
smoteנָכָהnâkâh/naw-kaw'/H5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
his
enemiesצַרtsar/tsar/H6862narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
in
the
hinder
parts:אָחוֹרʼâchôwr/aw-khore'/H268the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West
he
putנָתַןnâthan/naw-than'/H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
them
to
a
perpetualעוֹלָםʻôwlâm/o-lawm'/H5769properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
reproach.חֶרְפָּהcherpâh/kher-paw'/H2781contumely, disgrace, the pudenda

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 78:66.

Genesis 13:15

For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

Genesis 14:20

And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

Genesis 17:8

And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. wherein: Heb. of thy sojournings

Genesis 9:12

And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

Psalms 44:10

Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

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What does Psalms 78:66 say?

Psalms 78:66 (King James Version) reads: "And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach."

Is Psalms 78:66 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 78:66 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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