KJV King James Version
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] understood I their end.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 73:17
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] understood I their end.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
WEB World English Bible
Until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.
ASV American Standard Version
Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Till I come in to the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end.
Surrounding context — Psalm 73
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.
16 When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me;
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] understood I their end.
18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
19 How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20 As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
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Psalm 77:13Thy way, O God, [is] in the sanctuary: who [is so] great a God as [our] God?Luke 12:20But God said unto him, [Thou] fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?Ecclesiastes 8:12-13Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his [days] be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:Psalm 27:4One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.Psalm 63:2To see thy power and thy glory, so [as] I have seen thee in the sanctuary.Psalm 119:24Thy testimonies also [are] my delight [and] my counsellers.Psalm 37:37-38Mark the perfect [man], and behold the upright: for the end of [that] man [is] peace.Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love [to have it] so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?Job 27:8For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?Psalm 119:130The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.Luke 16:22-23And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
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