Psalms 79:3
What does Psalms 79:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 79:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Their blood has been flowing like water round about Jerusalem; there was no one to put them in their last resting-place.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862They have shed their blood As water round about Jerusalem, And there is none burying.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses. Stir up thy might, and come to save us.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury [them].
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 34:20
I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for food unto the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the earth.
- Matthew 23:35
that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar.
- Revelation 16:6
for they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: they are worthy.
- Jeremiah 25:33
And the slain of Jehovah shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the face of the ground.
- Jeremiah 15:3
And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith Jehovah: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
- Revelation 18:24
And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all that have been slain upon the earth.
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