Psalms 78:34
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
KJV
When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.
ASV
אִם הֲרָגָ֥/ם וּ/דְרָשׁ֑וּ/הוּ וְ֝/שָׁ֗בוּ וְ/שִֽׁחֲרוּ אֵֽל
Hebrew
If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly,
YLT
When he killed them, then they enquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
הוּ
hv
verb · 165×
ם
m
verb · 167×
נְנִי
nny
verb · 12×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 21:29 — Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son’s days will I bring the evil upon his house.
- 2Kgs 13:4 — And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
- 2Sam 19:20 — For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
- Hos 5:15 — I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
- Hos 5:15 — I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
- Hos 6:4 — O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
- Hos 7:14 — And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
- Isa 26:9 — With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
- Jonah 1:6 — So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
- Judg 3:12 — And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Judg 3:15 — But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Egl
- Judg 20:23 — (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD
- Mal 2:13 — And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your
- Matt 13:20 — But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
- Num 21:7 — Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for th
- Num 21:7 — Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for th
- Ps 63:1 — O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
- Ps 107:19 — Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.