Psalms 79:7

Psalms chapter 79 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation.

Context

v.6Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.

v.7This passage

v.8Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us; For we are brought very low.

Cross references

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

  • Jeremiah 51:34

    Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out.

  • Isaiah 64:10

    Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

  • Isaiah 9:12

    the Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • Psalms 80:13

    The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it.

  • Isaiah 24:1

    Behold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:21

    to fulfil the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths: for as long as it lay desolate it kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.