Psalms 78:59

What does Psalms 78:59 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 78:59 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

When God heardthis, he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

When God heardthis, he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

When this came to God's ears he was very angry, and gave up Israel completely;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Not available in this translation

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

God heard, and was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

Context

v.58For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

v.59This passage

v.60So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;

Cross references

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

  • Psalms 14:2

    Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.

  • Lamentations 2:7

    The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary; He hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces: They have made a noise in the house of Jehovah, as in the day of a solemn assembly.

  • Genesis 18:20

    And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

  • Leviticus 26:44

    And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them; for I am Jehovah their God;

  • Leviticus 20:23

    And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

  • Deuteronomy 32:19

    And Jehovah sawit, and abhorred them, Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.

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