Psalm 73:19 “How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!”

Psalm 73:19

How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

World English Bible

How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.

American Standard Version

How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

Geneva Bible 1599

How suddenly are they destroyed, perished and horribly consumed,

Darby Translation

How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.

Young's Literal Translation

How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended — consumed from terrors.

Bible in Basic English

How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.

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Cross references

“How”

Job 20:5 Isaiah 30:13 1 Thessalonians 5:3 Revelation 18:10 Psalm 58:9 Acts 2:23

Job 20:5 · BSB

the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

Isaiah 30:13 · BSB

this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant!

1 Thessalonians 5:3 · BSB

While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Revelation 18:10 · BSB

In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”

Psalm 58:9 · BSB

Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.

Acts 2:23 · BSB

He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

“they are”

Proverbs 28:1 Daniel 5:6 Job 15:21 1 Samuel 28:20 Job 20:23–25 Numbers 17:12

Proverbs 28:1 · BSB

The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

Daniel 5:6 · BSB

his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.

Job 15:21 · BSB

Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.

1 Samuel 28:20 · BSB

Immediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.

Job 20:23–25 · BSB

When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.

Numbers 17:12 · BSB

Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!

Also

Isaiah 47:11 Job 18:11 Numbers 16:21

Isaiah 47:11 · BSB

But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.

Job 18:11 · BSB

Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.

Numbers 16:21 · BSB

“Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.

20Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.

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