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They didn’t turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,
Psalms 78:30 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
  • BSB Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths,
  • NKJV They were not deprived of their craving; But while their food was still in their mouths,
  • NASB Yet before they had abandoned their longing, While their food was in their mouths,
  • NLT But before they satisfied their craving, while the meat was yet in their mouths,

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 4

  • Num 11:33–34While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, Yahweh’s anger burned against the people, and Yahweh struck the people with a very great plague.
  • Num 22:20–22God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that you shall do.”
  • Prov 1:32For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.
  • Luke 16:19–23“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • VideoWatch teaching on Psalms 78:30YouTube · Lay · Free

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

  • CommentaryClassic commentaries for this verseBibleHub (20+ works) · Pastoral · Free

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 78:30 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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