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Psalms 78:34

When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.

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ASV

When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.

KJV

When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
הֲרָגָ֥םha.ra.Gamhe killed themH2026 →
וּדְרָשׁ֑וּהוּu.de.ra.Shu.huand they sought himH1875 →
וְ֝שָׁ֗בוּve.Sha.vuand they returnedH7725 →
וְשִֽׁחֲרוּ־ve.shi.cha.ru-and they sought earnestlyH7836 →
אֵֽל׃'ElGodH410 →

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Psalms 63:1O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.Hosea 5:15Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”Isaiah 26:9My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.2 Kings 13:4Then Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him because He saw the oppression that the king of Aram had inflicted on Israel.Judges 3:15And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.Numbers 21:7Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.Judges 3:12–15Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.Jonah 1:6The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”Judges 4:3Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.Judges 10:7–10So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites,Hosea 7:14They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.Jeremiah 22:23O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”Judges 3:8–9Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.Isaiah 26:6Feet trample it down—the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor.Deuteronomy 1:45And you returned and wept before the LORD, but He would not listen to your voice or give ear to you.Judges 3:9But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.1 Kings 13:33Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.Judges 6:6Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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