2They have given the dead bodies of thy servants to be meat for the fowls of the air: the flesh of thy saints for the beasts of the earth.


In Context

1 A psalm for Asaph. O God, the heathens are come into thy inheritance, they have defiled thy holy temple: they have made Jerusalem as a place to keep fruit.

2 They have given the dead bodies of thy servants to be meat for the fowls of the air: the flesh of thy saints for the beasts of the earth.

3 They have poured out their blood as water, round about Jerusalem and there was none to bury them.

4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours: a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

Psalm 79:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

79:2The dead bodies of thy servants have they given [to be] meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

79:2They have given the dead bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

79:2The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

79:2The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowl of the heavens, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

79:2The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

79:2The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food to the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints, to the beasts of the earth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

79:2They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

79:2They gave the dead bodies of Thy servants Food for the fowls of the heavens, The flesh of Thy saints For the wild beast of the earth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

79:2The dead bodies of your servants have they given to be meat to the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.