Psalm 78:51 - The Scriptures 2009

⁵¹ And He struck all the first-born in Mitsrayim, The first-fruits of strength in the tents of Ḥam,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵¹ And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; The chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵¹ He smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents [of the land of the sons] of Ham.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵¹ And smote all the first-born in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

Common English Bible

⁵¹ God struck down all of Egypt’s oldest males; in Ham’s tents, he struck their pride and joy.

Psalm 78:51 Cross References

Genesis 10:6

And the sons of Ḥam: Kush, and Mitsrayim, and Put, and Kena‛an.

Genesis 49:3

“Re’uḇĕn, you are my first-born, my power and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of exaltation and the excellency of power.

Psalm 105:23

Then Yisra’ĕl came to Mitsrayim, And Ya‛aqoḇ sojourned in the land of Ḥam.

Psalm 105:27

They set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ḥam.

Psalm 105:36

Then He struck all the first-born in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength,

Psalm 106:22

Of wonders in the land of Ḥam, Of awesome deeds by the Sea of Reeds.

Psalm 135:8

Who struck the first-born of Mitsrayim, From man to beast.

Psalm 136:10

To Him who struck Mitsrayim in their first-born, For His loving-commitment is everlasting;

Exodus 12:12

‘And I shall pass through the land of Mitsrayim on that night, and shall strike all the first-born in the land of Mitsrayim, both man and beast. And on all the mighty ones of Mitsrayim I shall execute judgment. I am יהוה.

Exodus 13:15

‘And it came to be, when Pharaoh was too hardened to let us go, that יהוה killed every first-born in the land of Mitsrayim, both the first-born of man and the first-born of beast. Therefore I am slaughtering to יהוה every male that opens the womb, but every first-born of my sons I ransom.’

Hebrews 11:28

By belief, he performed the Pĕsaḥ and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the first-born should touch them.