Psalms 78:33

What does Psalms 78:33 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 78:33 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in terror.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in terror.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

So their days were wasted like a breath, and their years in trouble.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And He consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Not available in this translation

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.32For all this they sinned still, And believed not in his wondrous works.

v.33This passage

v.34When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 2:14

    And the days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, were thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the midst of the camp, as Jehovah sware unto them.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:8

    Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.

  • Job 14:1

    Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.

  • Psalms 90:7

    For we are consumed in thine anger, And in thy wrath are we troubled.

  • Numbers 26:64

    But among these there was not a man of them that were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.

  • Genesis 3:16

    Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

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