Psalm 74:9 “There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And…”

Psalm 74:9

There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

World English Bible

We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.

American Standard Version

We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

Geneva Bible 1599

We see not our signes: there is not one Prophet more, nor any with vs that knoweth howe long.

Darby Translation

We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet, neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

Young's Literal Translation

Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long.

Bible in Basic English

We do not see our signs: there is no longer any prophet, or anyone among us to say how long.

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Cross references

“We see”

Exodus 12:13 Ezekiel 20:12 Judges 6:17 Hebrews 2:4 Exodus 13:9 Exodus 13:10

Exodus 12:13 · BSB

The blood on the houses where you are staying will be a sign; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 20:12 · BSB

I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

Judges 6:17 · BSB

Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.

Hebrews 2:4 · BSB

and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.

Exodus 13:9 · BSB

It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

Exodus 13:10 · BSB

Therefore you shall keep this statute at the appointed time year after year.

“no more”

Amos 8:11 1 Samuel 3:1 Micah 3:6

Amos 8:11 · BSB

Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.

1 Samuel 3:1 · BSB

And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare, and visions were scarce.

Micah 3:6 · BSB

Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.

Also

Ezekiel 7:26 Lamentations 2:9

Ezekiel 7:26 · BSB

Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders.

Lamentations 2:9 · BSB

Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.

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

In context

8They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.

10How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?

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