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New Living Translation

Psalms 78:51

He killed the oldest son in each Egyptian family, the flower of youth throughout the land of Egypt.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Egyptians;   God Continued...;   Ham;   Wicked (People);   Scofield Reference Index - Israel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Anger of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ham;   Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Egypt;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Grief, Grieving;   Time;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Exodus, the Book of;   Ham;   Mizraim;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Firstborn;   Salvation;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Anger (Wrath) of God;   Asaph;   Firstborn;   Ham;   Ham, Land of;   Plagues of Egypt;   Priests and Levites;   Psalms;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Christ, Christology;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ham;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - E'gypt;   Ham;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ham (1);   Ham (2);   Mizraim;   Plagues of Egypt;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Egypt;   Plague;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for February 20;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
So He struck all the firstborn in Egypt,The first of their vigor in the tents of Ham.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And smote all the firstborn in Egypt, The first issue of their virility in the tents of Ham.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he smote all the first borne of Egypt: the first fruites of concupiscence in the pauilions of Cham.
Darby Translation
And he smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the first-fruits of their vigour in the tents of Ham.
New King James Version
And destroyed all the firstborn in Egypt, The first of their strength in the tents of Ham.
Literal Translation
And he struck all the first-born in Egypt, the firstfruits of strength in the tents of Ham;
Easy-to-Read Version
He killed all the firstborn sons in Egypt. He killed every firstborn in Ham's family.
World English Bible
And struck all the firstborn in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
King James Version (1611)
And smote all the first borne in Egypt: the chiefe of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
King James Version
And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
When he made a waye to his fearfull indignacio, and spared not their soules from death, yee and gaue their catell ouer to the pestilence.
Amplified Bible
He killed all the firstborn in Egypt, The first and best of their strength in the tents [of the land of the sons] of Ham.
American Standard Version
And smote all the first-born in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
Bible in Basic English
He gave to destruction all the first sons of Egypt; the first-fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham;
Update Bible Version
And smote all the first-born in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
Webster's Bible Translation
And smote all the first-born in Egypt; the chief of [their] strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
New English Translation
He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham.
Contemporary English Version
He killed the first-born son of each Egyptian family.
Complete Jewish Bible
striking all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And smote al the firstborne in Egypt, euen the beginning of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham.
George Lamsa Translation
And smote all the first-born in Egypt, the fairest of their sons in the tabernacles of Ham;
Hebrew Names Version
And struck all the firstborn in Mitzrayim, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And smote all the first-born in Egypt, the first-fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham;
New Life Bible
He killed all the first-born in Egypt, the first children of their strength in the tents of Ham.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and smote every first-born in the land of Egypt; the first-fruits of their labours in the tents of Cham.
English Revised Version
And smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham:
Berean Standard Bible
He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.
New Revised Standard
He struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the first issue of their strength in the tents of Ham.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So he smote, Every first-born in Egypt, The beginning of their strength, in the tents of Ham;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(77-51) And he killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt: the firstfruits of all their labour in the tabernacles of Cham.
Lexham English Bible
And he struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the first of their virility in the tents of Ham.
English Standard Version
He struck down every firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.
New American Standard Bible
And struck all the firstborn in Egypt, The first and best of their vigor in the tents of Ham.
New Century Version
God killed all the firstborn sons in Egypt, the oldest son of each family of Ham.
Good News Translation
He killed the first-born sons of all the families of Egypt.
Christian Standard Bible®
He struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the first progeny of the tents of Ham.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he smoot al the first gendrid thing in the lond of Egipt; the first fruytis of alle the trauel of hem in the tabernaclis of Cham.
Young's Literal Translation
And He smiteth every first-born in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham.
Revised Standard Version
He smote all the first-born in Egypt, the first issue of their strength in the tents of Ham.

Contextual Overview

40 Oh, how often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved his heart in that dry wasteland. 41 Again and again they tested God's patience and provoked the Holy One of Israel. 42 They did not remember his power and how he rescued them from their enemies. 43 They did not remember his miraculous signs in Egypt, his wonders on the plain of Zoan. 44 For he turned their rivers into blood, so no one could drink from the streams. 45 He sent vast swarms of flies to consume them and hordes of frogs to ruin them. 46 He gave their crops to caterpillars; their harvest was consumed by locusts. 47 He destroyed their grapevines with hail and shattered their sycamore-figs with sleet. 48 He abandoned their cattle to the hail, their livestock to bolts of lightning. 49 He loosed on them his fierce anger— all his fury, rage, and hostility. He dispatched against them a band of destroying angels.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

smote: Psalms 105:36, Psalms 135:8, Psalms 136:10, Exodus 12:12, Exodus 12:29, Exodus 12:30, Exodus 13:15, Hebrews 11:28

the chief: Genesis 49:3

tabernacles: Psalms 105:23, Psalms 106:22, Genesis 9:22-25, Genesis 10:6

Reciprocal: Genesis 14:5 - Zuzims Exodus 4:23 - General Exodus 11:5 - the firstborn Numbers 8:17 - on the day Judges 2:1 - I made Judges 10:11 - Egyptians 1 Chronicles 4:40 - Ham Micah 6:4 - I brought Habakkuk 3:5 - went Habakkuk 3:14 - the head

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And smote all the firstborn in Egypt,.... From the prince to the peasant; and not only the firstborn of men, but of beasts also,

Exodus 12:29,

the chief of their strength; or first of it, as the firstborn is called, Genesis 49:3,

in the tabernacles of Ham; in the several cities, towns, villages, and houses of the Egyptians, the descendants of cursed Ham; for Mizraim, from whom the Egyptians have their name, and from whence they sprung, was a son of Ham's, Genesis 10:6. Perhaps No Ammon may be particularly meant, Nahum 3:8, the same with Memphis, and which signifies the mansion or palace of Ammon, that is, Ham; and so Chemmis, another city in Egypt, signifies the same n; of which see Psalms 105:23 this was the tenth and last plague: according to Suidas o, the plagues of Egypt continued forty days.

n Dickinson Delph. Phoeniciz. cap. 4. o In voce αιγυπτου.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And smote all the firstborn in Egypt - See Exodus 11:4-5; Exodus 12:29-30.

The chief of their strength - Those on whom they relied; their firstborn; their pride; their glory; their heirs. Compare Genesis 49:3.

In the tabernacles of Ham - The tents; the dwelling-places of Ham; that is, of Egypt. Compare Genesis 10:6; Psalms 105:23, Psalms 105:27; Psalms 106:22,


 
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