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Selected Verse: Psalms 78:63 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 78:63 |
King James |
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
fire--either figure of the slaughter (Sa1 4:10), or a literal burning by the heathen.
given to marriage--literally, "praised"--that is, as brides. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The fire consumed their young men - Fire here may be regarded as an image of destructive war, as in Num 21:28 : "For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab," etc. The idea here is, that the young people had been cut off in war.
And their maidens were not given to marriage - As the young people who would have entered into this relation were cut off in war. The margin here is praised; "The maidens were not praised." This is in accordance with the Hebrew. The idea is, "Their virgins were not praised in nuptial songs;" that is, there were no marriage celebrations; no songs such as were usually composed on such occasions in praise of those who were brides. The Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate render this much less accurately, and much less beautifully, were not lamented. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Their maidens were not given to marriage - הוללו hullalu, were not celebrated with marriage songs. It is considered a calamity in the east if a maiden arrives at the age of twelve years without being sought or given in marriage. |
10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
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.