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I Will Open My Mouth in Parables

Psalms 78:65

In 11 translations

BSB
Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.
KJV
Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
WEB
Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
ASV
Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
LSV
And the Lord wakes as a sleeper, || As a mighty one crying aloud from wine.
YLT
And the Lord waketh as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine.
DBY
Then the Lord awoke as one out of sleep, like a mighty man that shouteth aloud by reason of wine;
DRC77:65
And the Lord was awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that hath been surfeited with wine.
GNV
But the Lord awaked as one out of sleepe, and as a strong man that after his wine crieth out,
JPS
Then the Lord awaked as one asleep, like a mighty man recovering from wine.
LXXE77:65
So the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and as a mighty man who has been heated with wine.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּקַ֖ץ כְּיָשֵׁ֥ן ׀ אֲדֹנָ֑י כְּ֝גִבּ֗וֹר מִתְרוֹנֵ֥ן מִיָּֽיִן׃
LXX-Br77:65
Καὶ ἐξηγέρθη ὡς ὁ ὑπνῶν Κύριος, ὡς δυνατὸς κεκραιπαληκὼς

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 44:23Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
  • Psalms 7:6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
  • Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
  • Psalms 73:20Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
  • Isaiah 42:13–14The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies: “I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will…

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