Psalms 74:6
But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
Psalms 74:6 in other translations
| BSB | and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks. |
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| WEB | Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers. |
| ASV | And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers. |
| YLT | And now, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down, |
| DARBY | And now they break down its carved work altogether, with hatchets and hammers. |
| BBE | Your doors are broken down with hammers and iron blades. |
| Webster | But now they break down the carved work of it at once with axes and hammers. |
What does Psalms 74:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 74:5-6
5-6. Though some terms and clauses here are very obscure, the general sense is that the spoilers destroyed the beauties of the temple with the violence of woodmen. was famous--literally, "was known."
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 74:1-11
This psalm appears to describe the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple by the Chaldeans. The deplorable case of the people of God, at the time, is spread before the Lord, and left with him. They plead the great things God had done for them. If the deliverance of Israel out of Egypt was encouragement to hope that he would not cast them off, much more reason have we to believe, that God will not cast off any whom…
Psalms 74:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 74:6
- 1 Kings 6:18
And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
- 1 Kings 6:35
And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
- 1 Kings 6:29
And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
- 1 Kings 6:32
The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
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Context
- Psalms 74:5
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
- Psalms 74:6
But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
- Psalms 74:7
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
Psalms 74:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y ahora con hachas y martillos han quebrado todas sus entalladuras. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et maintenant, avec des cognées et des marteaux, ils brisent ses sculptures toutes ensemble. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und jetzt zerschlagen sie sein Schnitzwerk allzumal mit Beilen und mit Hämmern. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | nolite extollere in altum cornu vestrum; nolite loqui adversus Deum iniquitatem. |