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Psalms 78:64

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— His priests fell by the sword, And His widows could not weep.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— His priests, by the sword, did fall, And, his widows, were not able to bewail.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Their priests fell by the sword: and their widows did not mourn.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Their Priestes fell by the sworde, and their widowes lamented not.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Their priests fell by the sword: and their widowes made no lamentation.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows shall not be wept for.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Their priests 3548
{3548} Prime
כֹּהֵן
kohen
{ko-hane'}
Active participle of H3547; literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman).
fell 5307
{5307} Prime
נָפַל
naphal
{naw-fal'}
A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitively or causatively, literally or figuratively).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
by the sword; 2719
{2719} Prime
חֶרֶב
chereb
{kheh'-reb}
From H2717; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.
and their widows 490
{0490} Prime
אַלְמָנָה
'almanah
{al-maw-naw'}
Feminine of H0488; a widow; also a desolate place.
made no x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
lamentation. 1058
{1058} Prime
בָּכָה
bakah
{baw-kaw'}
A primitive root; to weep; generally to bemoan.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 78:64

_ _ (Compare 1 Samuel 4:17); and there were, doubtless, others.

_ _ made no lamentation — either because stupefied by grief, or hindered by the enemy.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 78:40-72.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 78:64

Priests — Hophni and Phinehas. No lamentation — No funeral solemnities; either because they were prevented by their own death, as the wife of Phinehas was, or disturbed by the invasion of the enemy.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 78:64

Their priests fell by the sword; and their (p) widows made no lamentation.

(p) Either they were slain before or taken prisoner by their enemies, and so were forbidden.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
priests:

1 Samuel 2:33-34 And the man of thine, [whom] I shall not cut off from mine altar, [shall be] to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age. ... And this [shall be] a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
1 Samuel 4:11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
1 Samuel 4:17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
1 Samuel 22:18-19 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. ... And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

widows:

1 Samuel 4:19-20 And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, [near] to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her. ... And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard [it].
Job 27:15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
Ezekiel 24:23 And your tires [shall be] upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.
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1S 2:33; 4:11, 17, 19; 22:18. Jb 27:15. Ezk 24:23.

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