King James Version
Psalms 78:34 in the King James Version says “When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.”
Psalms 78:34 · KJV
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.
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“them then they sought”
H1875properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
“him and they returned”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“and enquired early”
H7836properly, to dawn, i.e., (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness); by extension, to search for (with painstaking
“after God”
H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the almighty (but used also of any deity)
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