Psalm 79:2
King James Version (KJV)
The 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.
In context
1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
2 The 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.
3 Their blood have they shed like 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 every translation
- KJV King James Version
- The 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- They 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
- ASV American Standard Version
- The 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- They 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- The 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:
- WBS Webster Bible
- The 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.