Psalm 78:63
Strong's Lexicon
Fire
אֵ֑שׁ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 784: 1) fire 1a) fire, flames 1b) supernatural fire (accompanying theophany) 1c) fire (for cooking, roasting, parching) 1d) altar-fire 1e) God's anger (fig.)

consumed
אָֽכְלָה־ (’ā·ḵə·lāh-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to eat (human subject) 1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds) 1a3) to devour, consume (of fire) 1a4) to devour, slay (of sword) 1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought) 1a6) to devour (of oppression) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be eaten (by men) 1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire) 1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh) 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to cause to eat, feed with 1c2) to cause to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to feed 1d2) to cause to eat 1e) (Piel) 1e1) consume

His young men,
בַּחוּרָ֥יו (ba·ḥū·rāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 970: 1) youth, young man

and their maidens
וּ֝בְתוּלֹתָ֗יו (ū·ḇə·ṯū·lō·ṯāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1330: 1) virgin

were left without
לֹ֣א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

wedding songs.
הוּלָּֽלוּ׃ (hūl·lā·lū)
Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1984: 1) to shine 1a) (Qal) to shine (fig. of God's favour) 1b) (Hiphil) to flash forth light 2) to praise, boast, be boastful 2a) (Qal) 2a1) to be boastful 2a2) boastful ones, boasters (participle) 2b) (Piel) 2b1) to praise 2b2) to boast, make a boast 2c) (Pual) 2c1) to be praised, be made praiseworthy, be commended, be worthy of praise 2d) (Hithpael) to boast, glory, make one's boast 2e) (Poel) to make a fool of, make into a fool 2f) (Hithpoel) to act madly, act like a madman

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.

Young's Literal Translation
His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Fire consumed His chosen young men, and His young women had no wedding songs.

New American Standard Bible
Fire devoured His young men, And His virgins had no wedding songs.

King James Bible
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Fire consumed their young men, and their young women had no wedding songs;

New Living Translation
Their young men were killed by fire; their young women died before singing their wedding songs.

English Standard Version
Fire devoured their young men, and their young women had no marriage song.

New American Standard Bible
Fire devoured His young men, And His virgins had no wedding songs.

King James Bible
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Fire consumed His chosen young men, and His young women had no wedding songs.

International Standard Version
The young men were consumed by fire, and the virgins had no marriage celebrations.

NET Bible
Fire consumed their young men, and their virgins remained unmarried.

American Standard Version
Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins had no marriage-song.

English Revised Version
Fire devoured their young men; and their maidens had no marriage-song.

Young's Literal Translation
His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.
















Cross References
Numbers 11:1
And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.

Numbers 21:28
For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.

Isaiah 26:11
LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.

Jeremiah 7:34
Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.

Jeremiah 16:9
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.

Jeremiah 48:45
They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

Lamentations 2:21
The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 78:62
He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.

Psalm 78:61
And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.

Psalm 78:60
So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
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