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Psalms Chapter 78 verse 63 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 78:63

Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins had no marriage-song.
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BBE Psalms 78:63

Their young men were burned in the fire; and their virgins were not praised in the bride-song.
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DARBY Psalms 78:63

The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not praised in [nuptial] song;
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KJV Psalms 78:63

The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
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WBT Psalms 78:63

The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
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WEB Psalms 78:63

Fire devoured their young men; Their virgins had no wedding song.
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YLT Psalms 78:63

His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 63. - The fire consumed their young men. The reference is not to such passages as Leviticus 10:2; Numbers 11:1; Numbers 16:35, where a literal fire seems to be spoken of, but rather to the fire of war (Numbers 21:28; Isaiah 26:11; Jeremiah 48:45), or more generally to the fire of the Divine anger (Isaiah 10:16-18; Isaiah 47:14, etc.). And their maidens were not given to marriage; literally, were not praised in song; i.e. in the bridal song. The destruction of the young men, either in battle or in any other way, caused there to be more marriageable girls in Israel than there were husbands for (comp. Isaiah 4:1).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(63) Were not given.--See margin. The desolation and misery were marked by the absence of the glad nuptial song.