Psalms 107:16
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
Psalms 107:16 in other translations
| BSB | For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. |
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| WEB | For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut through bars of iron. |
| ASV | For he hath broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron in sunder. |
| YLT | For He hath broken doors of brass, And bars of iron He hath cut. |
| DARBY | For he hath broken the gates of bronze, and cut asunder the bars of iron. |
| BBE | The doors of brass are broken by his arm, and the bands of iron are cut in two. |
| Webster | For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron asunder. |
What does Psalms 107:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 107:10-16
10-16. Their sufferings were for their rebellion against (Psa 105:28) the words, or purposes, or promises, of God for their benefit. When humbled they cry to God, who delivers them from bondage, described as a dark dungeon with doors and bars of metal, in which they are bound in iron--that is, chains and fetters. shadow of death--darkness with danger (Psa 23:4).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 107:10-16
This description of prisoners and captives intimates that they are desolate and sorrowful. In the eastern prisons the captives were and are treated with much severity. Afflicting providences must be improved as humbling providences; and we lose the benefit, if our hearts are unhumbled and unbroken under them. This is a shadow of the sinner's deliverance from a far worse confinement. The awakened sinner discovers his…
Psalms 107:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 107:16
- Isaiah 45:1-2
Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
- Judges 16:3
And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
- Micah 2:13
The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord on the head of them.
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Context
- Psalms 107:15
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
- Psalms 107:16
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
- Psalms 107:17
Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
Psalms 107:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque quebrantó las puertas de bronce, y desmenuzó los cerrojos de hierro. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car il a brisé les portes d’airain, et a mis en pièces les barres de fer. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn er hat zerbrochen die ehernen Türen und die eisernen Riegel zerschlagen. |