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I Will Open My Mouth in Parables

Psalms 78:21

In 11 translations

BSB
Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,
KJV
Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
WEB
Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,
ASV
Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel;
LSV
Therefore YHWH has heard, || And He shows Himself angry, || And fire has been kindled against Jacob, || And anger has also gone up against Israel,
YLT
Therefore hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel,
DBY
Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; and fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel:
DRC77:21
Therefore the Lord heard, and was angry: and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and wrath came up against Israel.
GNV
Therefore the Lord heard and was angrie, and the fire was kindled in Iaakob, and also wrath came vpon Israel,
JPS
Therefore the LORD heard, and was wroth; and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel;
LXXE77:21
Therefore the Lord heard, and was provoked: and fire was kindled in Jacob, and wrath went up against Israel.

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Original-language editions

WLC
לָכֵ֤ן ׀ שָׁמַ֥ע יְהוָ֗ה וַֽיִּתְעַבָּ֥ר וְ֭אֵשׁ נִשְּׂקָ֣ה בְיַעֲקֹ֑ב וְגַם־אַ֝֗ף עָלָ֥ה בְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
LXX-Br77:21
Διὰ τοῦτο ἤκουσε Κύριος καὶ ἀνεβάλετο, καὶ πῦρ ἀνήφθη ἐν Ἰακὼβ, καὶ ὀργὴ ἀνέβη ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραήλ.

Who and where

👤 God👤 Jacob (Israel)◆ Nation of Israel

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Numbers 11:1–3Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp. And the…
  • Jude 1:5Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.
  • 1 Corinthians 10:11Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
  • Hebrews 12:29“For our God is a consuming fire.”
  • Numbers 11:10Then Moses heard the people of family after family weeping at the entrances to their tents, and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, and Moses was also displeased.
  • Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
  • 1 Corinthians 10:5Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.
  • Psalms 78:31God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel.

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