King James Version
Psalms 78:33 in the King James Version says “Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.”
Psalms 78:33 · KJV
The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel. smote: Heb. made to bow Chosen: or, young men
For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“did he consume”
H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
“in vanity”
H1892emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
“Therefore their days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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