Psalm 78:64 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁶⁴ Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶⁴ Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶⁴ 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)

⁶⁴ Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.

Common English Bible

⁶⁴ God’s priests were killed by the sword, and his widows couldn’t even cry.

Psalm 78:64 Cross References

Job 27:15

Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation.

Ezekiel 24:23

And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away in your iniquities, and moan one toward another.

1 Samuel 4:11

And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

1 Samuel 4:17

And he that brought the tidings answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

1 Samuel 4:21

And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.

1 Samuel 4:22

And she said, The glory is departed from Israel; for the ark of God is taken.