Psalm 78:64 - The Scriptures 2009

His priests fell by the sword, And their widows could not weep.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Their priests [Hophni and Phinehas] fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation [for the bodies came not back from the scene of battle, and the widow of Phinehas also died that day]. [I Sam. 4:11, 19, 20.]

American Standard Version (1901)

Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.

Common English Bible

God’s priests were killed by the sword, and his widows couldn’t even cry.

Psalm 78:64 Cross References

Job 27:15

Those who remain of him are buried in death, and their widows do not weep.

Ezekiel 24:23

and let your turbans remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. Do not mourn, nor weep, but you shall pine away in your crookednesses and groan with one another.

1 Samuel 4:11

And the ark of Elohim was captured, and the two sons of Ěli died, Ḥophni and Pineḥas.

1 Samuel 4:17

And the messenger answered and said, “Yisra’ĕl has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. And your two sons have died, Ḥophni and Pineḥas, and the ark of Elohim has been captured.”

1 Samuel 4:21

And she called the child Iḵaḇoḏ, saying, “The esteem has departed from Yisra’ĕl!” because the ark of Elohim was taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

1 Samuel 4:22

And she said, “The esteem has departed from Yisra’ĕl, for the ark of Elohim was taken.”