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Psalm 79:2
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KJ21
The dead bodies of Thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heavens, the flesh of Thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
ASV
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
AMP
They have given the dead bodies of Your servants as food to the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.
AMPC
The dead bodies of Your servants they have given as food to the birds of the heavens, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
BRG
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
CSB
They gave the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky for food, the flesh of your faithful ones to the beasts of the earth.
CSBA
They gave the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky for food, the flesh of your faithful ones to the beasts of the earth.
CEB
They’ve left your servants’ bodies as food for the birds; they’ve left the flesh of your faithful to the wild animals of the earth.
CJB
They have given the corpses of your servants as food for the birds in the air, yes, the flesh of those faithful to you for the wild animals of the earth.
CEV
They have fed the bodies of your servants to flesh-eating birds; your loyal people are food for savage animals.
DARBY
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowl of the heavens, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth:
DRA
Give ear, O thou that rulest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth
ERV
They left the bodies of your servants for the wild birds to eat. They let wild animals eat the bodies of your followers.
EASY
They have let birds come down and eat the dead bodies of your people. Your servants have become food for wild animals to eat.
EHV
They have left the corpses of your servants as food for the birds of the sky. They have given the flesh of your favored ones to the wild animals.
ESV
They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the heavens for food, the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth.
ESVUK
They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the heavens for food, the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth.
EXB
They have given the bodies of your servants as food to the ·wild birds [L birds of the sky/heavens]. They have given the ·bodies [L flesh] of ·those who worship you [your faithful ones; saints] to the wild animals [Jer. 34:20].
GNV
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto fowls of the heaven, and the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
GW
They have given the dead bodies of your servants to the birds for food. They have given the flesh of your godly ones to the animals.
GNT
They left the bodies of your people for the vultures, the bodies of your servants for wild animals to eat.
HCSB
They gave the corpses of Your servants to the birds of the sky for food, the flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.
ICB
They have given the bodies of your servants as food to the wild birds. They have given the bodies of those who worship you to the wild animals.
ISV
to give the corpses of your servants as food for the birds of the skies and the flesh of your godly ones to the beasts of the earth;
JUB
The dead bodies of thy slaves they have given to be food unto the fowls of the heavens, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
KJV
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
AKJV
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
LSB
They have given the dead bodies of Your slaves for food to the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your holy ones to the beasts of the earth.
LEB
They have given the bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the heavens, the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth.
TLB
The bodies of your people lie exposed—food for birds and animals.
MSG
God! Barbarians have broken into your home, violated your holy temple, left Jerusalem a pile of rubble! They’ve served up the corpses of your servants as carrion food for birds of prey, Threw the bones of your holy people out to the wild animals to gnaw on. They dumped out their blood like buckets of water. All around Jerusalem, their bodies were left to rot, unburied. We’re nothing but a joke to our neighbors, graffiti scrawled on the city walls.
MEV
The dead bodies of Your servants they have given to the birds of the sky for food and the flesh of Your faithful to the animals of the land.
NOG
They have given the dead bodies of your servants to the birds for food. They have given the flesh of your godly ones to the animals.
NABRE
They have left the corpses of your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of those devoted to you for the beasts of the earth.
NASB
They have given the dead bodies of Your servants to the birds of the sky as food, The flesh of Your godly ones to the animals of the earth.
NASB1995
They have given the dead bodies of Your servants for food to the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.
NCB
They have given the corpses of your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.
NCV
They have given the bodies of your servants as food to the wild birds. They have given the bodies of those who worship you to the wild animals.
NET
They have given the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky, the flesh of your loyal followers to the beasts of the earth.
NIRV
They have left the dead bodies of your people. They have left them as food for the birds in the sky. They have left the bodies of your faithful people. They have left them for the wild animals.
NIV
They have left the dead bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.
NIVUK
They have left the dead bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.
NKJV
The dead bodies of Your servants They have given as food for the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
NLV
They have given the dead bodies of Your servants to the birds of the heavens for food. The flesh of those who belong to You has been given to the wild animals of the earth.
NLT
They have left the bodies of your servants as food for the birds of heaven. The flesh of your godly ones has become food for the wild animals.
NRSVA
They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the air for food, the flesh of your faithful to the wild animals of the earth.
NRSVACE
They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the air for food, the flesh of your faithful to the wild animals of the earth.
NRSVCE
They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the air for food, the flesh of your faithful to the wild animals of the earth.
NRSVUE
They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the air for food, the flesh of your faithful to the wild animals of the earth.
OJB
The dead bodies of Thy avadim have they given to be food unto the oph HaShomayim, the basar of Thy Chasidim, unto the beasts of the earth.
RGT
The dead bodies of Your servants they have given to be food to birds of the heaven, and the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the Earth.
RSV
They have given the bodies of thy servants to the birds of the air for food, the flesh of thy saints to the beasts of the earth.
RSVCE
They have given the bodies of thy servants to the birds of the air for food, the flesh of thy saints to the beasts of the earth.
TLV
They gave the carcasses of Your servants as food to the birds of the skies, the flesh of Your kedoshim to the beasts of the earth.
VOICE
Your servants are dead; birds of the air swoop down to pick at their remains. Scavengers of the earth eat what is left of Your saints.
WEB
They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth.
WYC
They setted the slain bodies of thy servants to be meats to the volatiles of heavens; the fleshes of thy saints to the beasts of the earth. (They left the dead bodies of thy servants to be food for the birds of the air; yea, the flesh of thy saints for the beasts of the earth.)
YLT
They gave the dead bodies of Thy servants Food for the fowls of the heavens, The flesh of Thy saints For the wild beast of the earth.
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