Psalms 78:63
ContextNET © | Fire consumed their 1 young men, and their 2 virgins remained unmarried. 3 |
NIV © | Fire consumed their young men, and their maidens had no wedding songs; |
NASB © | Fire devoured His young men, And His virgins had no wedding songs. |
NLT © | Their young men were killed by fire; their young women died before singing their wedding songs. |
MSG © | Their young men went to war and never came back; their young women waited in vain. |
BBE © | Their young men were burned in the fire; and their virgins were not praised in the bride-song. |
NRSV © | Fire devoured their young men, and their girls had no marriage song. |
NKJV © | The fire consumed their young men, And their maidens were not given in marriage. |
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NET © | Fire consumed their 1 young men, and their 2 virgins remained unmarried. 3 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “his.” The singular pronominal suffix is collective, referring back to God’s “people” (v. 62). 2 tn Heb “his.” The singular pronominal suffix is collective, referring back to God’s “people” (v. 62). 3 tn Heb “were not praised,” that is, in wedding songs. The young men died in masses, leaving no husbands for the young women. |