Psalms 79:10

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Why should the nations say, 'Where is their God?' Let it be known among the nations before our eyes that You avenge the spilled blood of Your servants.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Why should the heathen say, Where is their God? Let Him be known among the heathen in our sight by avenging the blood of Your servants which is shed.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Wherefore should the nations{H1471} say,{H559} Where is their God?{H430} Let the avenging{H5360} of the blood{H1818} of thy servants{H5650} which is shed{H8210} Be known{H3045} among the nations{H1471} in our sight.{H5869}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Wherefore should the heathen{H1471} say{H559}{H8799)}, Where is their God{H430}? let him be known{H3045}{H8735)} among the heathen{H1471} in our sight{H5869} by the revenging{H5360} of the blood{H1818} of thy servants{H5650} which is shed{H8210}{H8803)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Wherfore shall ye Heithe saye: where is now their God?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be knowen among the heathen in our sight by the vengeance of the blood of thy seruants that is shed.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Wherefore do the Heathen say, where is nowe their God? let the vengeaunce of thy seruauntes blood that is shed, be openly knowen amongst the Heathen in our sight.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Wherefore should the heathen say, Where [is] their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight [by] the revenging of the blood of thy servants [which is] shed.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, That vengeance for your servants' blood is being poured out.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Why do the nations say, `Where `is' their God?' Let be known among the nations before our eyes, The vengeance of the blood of Thy servants that is shed.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed Be known among the nations in our sight.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed Be known among the nations in our sight.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Why may the nations say, Where is their God? Let payment for the blood of your servants be made openly among the nations before our eyes.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, that vengeance for your servants' blood is being poured out.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Why should the nations say,“Where is their God?” Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations!

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 42:10 : 10 I say to God, my rock: 'Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?'
  • Ps 42:3 : 3 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
  • Ps 94:1 : 1 LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth!
  • Ps 115:2 : 2 Why should the nations say, 'Where is their God?
  • Jer 51:35 : 35 May the violence done to me and my flesh be upon Babylon, says the inhabitant of Zion. May my blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea, says Jerusalem.
  • Ezek 36:23 : 23 I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have defiled among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I prove myself holy through you in their sight.
  • Ezek 39:21-22 : 21 I will display my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the judgment I execute and the hand I lay on them. 22 From that day forward, the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God.
  • Joel 2:17 : 17 Let the priests, who minister before the LORD, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, 'Spare your people, LORD. Do not make your heritage an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, “Where is their God?”'
  • Mic 7:10 : 10 Then my enemy will see, and shame will cover her who said to me, 'Where is the LORD your God?' My eyes will look upon her; now she will be trampled down like mud in the streets.
  • Rom 12:19 : 19 Do not take revenge, dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: 'It is mine to avenge; I will repay,' says the Lord.
  • Rev 18:20 : 20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints, apostles, and prophets, because God has pronounced your judgment against her!
  • Ps 58:11 : 11 The righteous will rejoice when they see vengeance; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.
  • Ps 83:17-18 : 17 Fill their faces with shame so that they will seek your name, O LORD. 18 Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever; let them be disgraced and perish.
  • Exod 6:7 : 7 'I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.'
  • Exod 7:5 : 5 The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.
  • Ps 9:16 : 16 The nations have sunk into the pit they made; their feet are caught in the net they hid.

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