Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
to the birds of the sky for food,
the flesh of Your godly ones
to the beasts of the earth.
New American Standard Bible
The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.
King James Version
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.
International Standard Version
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;
A Conservative Version
They have given the dead bodies of thy servants to be food to the birds of the heavens, the flesh of thy sanctified to the beasts of the earth.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
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.
Darby Translation
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:
Julia Smith Translation
They gave the corpses of thy servants food to the birds of the heavens, the flesh of thy godly ones to the beasts of the earth.
King James 2000
The dead bodies of your servants have they given to be food unto the fowls of heaven, the flesh of your saints unto the beasts of the earth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
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.
Modern King James verseion
They have given the dead bodies of Your servants as food for the birds of the heavens, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the air, and the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the land.
NET Bible
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.
New Heart English Bible
They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your holy ones to the animals of the earth.
Webster
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food to the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints, to the beasts of the earth.
World English Bible
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
References
Watsons
Word Count of 18 Translations in Psalm 79:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Faith Amid Confusion
1
A psalm of Asaph.
desecrated Your holy temple,
and turned Jerusalem into ruins.
to the birds of the sky for food,
the flesh of Your godly ones
to the beasts of the earth.
like water all around Jerusalem,
and there was no one to bury them.
Cross References
Jeremiah 7:33
The corpses of these people will become food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land, with no one to scare them away.
Jeremiah 16:4
They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will be like manure on the face of the earth.
Jeremiah 34:20
will be handed over to their enemies, to those who want to take their life. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land.
Deuteronomy 28:26
Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land, with no one to scare them away.
Jeremiah 15:3
“I will ordain four kinds
Jeremiah 19:7
I will spoil the plans of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hand of those who want to take their life. I will provide their corpses as food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land.