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Psalm 73

Psa. 73:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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How are they brought into desolation
shammah (Hebrew #8047)
ruin; by implication, consternation
KJV usage: astonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.
Pronounce: sham-maw'
Origin: from 8074
, as in a moment
rega` (Hebrew #7281)
from 7280. a wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of time
KJV usage: instant, moment, space, suddenly.
Pronounce: reh'-gah
! they are utterly
cuwph (Hebrew #5486)
to snatch away, i.e. terminate
KJV usage: consume, have an end, perish, X be utterly.
Pronounce: soof
Origin: a primitive root
consumed
tamam (Hebrew #8552)
to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, cease, be clean (pass-)ed, consume, have done, (come to an, have an, make an) end, fail, come to the full, be all gone, X be all here, be (make) perfect, be spent, sum, be (shew self) upright, be wasted, whole.
Pronounce: taw-mam'
Origin: a primitive root
with terrors
ballahah (Hebrew #1091)
alarm; hence, destruction
KJV usage: terror, trouble.
Pronounce: bal-law-haw'
Origin: from 1089
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Num. 17:12‑13• 12And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Lo, we die, we perish; we all perish.
13Every one that comes at all near to the tabernacle of Jehovah shall die: shall we then expire altogether?
(Num. 17:12‑13)
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1 Sam. 28:20• 20Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no bread all the day nor all the night. (1 Sam. 28:20)
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Job 15:21• 21The voice of terrors [is] in his ears;{HR}In peace the destroyer falleth on him. (Job 15:21)
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Job 20:23‑25• 23That it may be to the filling of his belly,{HR}He shall send against him the burning of his anger,{HR}And rain upon him with his food.
24He fleeth from a weapon of iron,{HR}A bow of copper pierceth him through;
25It is drawn, and it cometh out of the body,{HR}And the glittering sword proceedeth out of his gall:{HR}Upon him [are] terrors.
(Job 20:23‑25)
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Prov. 28:1• 1The wicked flee when no man pursueth;{HR}But the righteous are bold as a lion. (Prov. 28:1)
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Isa. 21:3‑4• 3Therefore are my loins filled with pain; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail; I am bowed down so as not to hear; I am dismayed so as not to see.
4My heart panteth, horror affrighted me; the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me.
(Isa. 21:3‑4)
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Dan. 5:6• 6Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another. (Dan. 5:6)
 Their desolation comes in a moment, and “they pass away, consumed with terrors” (JND). (Psalm 73 by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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How are they a desolation in a moment!{HR}They have passed, consumed with terrors.