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I Will Open My Mouth in Parables

Psalms 78:34

In 11 translations

BSB
When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.
KJV
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
WEB
When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
ASV
When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.
LSV
If He slew them, then they sought Him, || And turned back, and earnestly sought God,
YLT
If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly,
DBY
When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after God;El
DRC77:34
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned, and came to him early in the morning.
GNV
And when hee slewe them, they sought him and they returned, and sought God earely.
JPS
When He slew them, then they would inquire after Him, and turn back and seek God earnestly.
LXXE77:34
When he slew them, they sought him: and they returned and called betimes upon God.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אִם־הֲרָגָ֥ם וּדְרָשׁ֑וּהוּ וְ֝שָׁ֗בוּ וְשִֽׁחֲרוּ־אֵֽל׃
LXX-Br77:34
Ὅταν ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτοὺς, ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐπέστρεφον καὶ

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  • Hosea 5:15Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
  • Numbers 21:7Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.
  • Judges 3:12–15Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join…
  • Hosea 7:14They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.
  • Judges 4:3Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
  • Jeremiah 22:23O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”
  • Judges 10:7–10So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites, who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and did so for eighteen years to all the…
  • Judges 3:8–9Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years. But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He…
  • Isaiah 26:6Feet trample it down— the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor.

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