Psalms 78:51

In 11 translations

BSB

He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.

KJV

And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

WEB

and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

ASV

And smote all the first-born in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

LSV

And He strikes every firstborn in Egypt, || The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham.

YLT

And He smiteth every first-born in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham.

DBY

And he smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the first-fruits of their vigour in the tents of Ham.

DRC77:51

And he killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt: the firstfruits of all their labour in the tabernacles of Cham.

GNV

And smote al the firstborne in Egypt, euen the beginning of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham.

JPS

And smote all the first-born in Egypt, the first-fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham;

LXXE77:51

and smote every first-born in the land of Egypt; the first-fruits of their labours in the tents of Cham.

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WLC

וַיַּ֣ךְ כָּל־בְּכ֣וֹר בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם רֵאשִׁ֥ית א֝וֹנִ֗ים בְּאָהֳלֵי־חָֽם׃

LXX-Br77:51

εἰς θάνατον συνέκλεισε. Καὶ ἐπάταξε πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἐν γῇ Αἰγυπτῳ, ἀπαρχὴν πόνων αὐτῶν ἐν τοῖς σκηνώμασι Χάμ.

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• Psalms 105:23Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
• Psalms 135:8He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, of both man and beast.
• Psalms 106:22wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
• Psalms 105:36Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.
• Psalms 136:10He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever.
• Exodus 13:15And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the…
• Exodus 12:29–30Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among…
• Exodus 12:12On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.
• Genesis 49:3Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
• Genesis 9:22–25And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside. Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s…
• Psalms 105:27They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
• Hebrews 11:28By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.
• Genesis 10:6The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

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