Psalms 80:12
Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
Psalms 80:12 in other translations
| BSB | Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit? |
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| WEB | Why have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it? |
| ASV | Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it? |
| YLT | Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it? |
| DARBY | Why hast thou broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way do pluck it? |
| BBE | Why are its walls broken down by your hands, so that all who go by may take its fruit? |
| Webster | Why hast thou then broke down her hedges, so that all they who pass by the way do pluck her? |
What does Psalms 80:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 80:8-16
The church is represented as a vine and a vineyard. The root of this vine is Christ, the branches are believers. The church is like a vine, needing support, but spreading and fruitful. If a vine do not bring forth fruit, no tree is so worthless. And are not we planted as in a well-cultivated garden, with every means of being fruitful in works of righteousness? But the useless leaves of profession, and the empty…
Psalms 80:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 80:12
- Isaiah 5:5
And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
- Luke 20:16
He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
- Psalms 89:40-41
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
- Isaiah 18:5-6
For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches. They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
- Nahum 2:2
For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
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Context
- Psalms 80:11
She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
- Psalms 80:12
Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
- Psalms 80:13
The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Psalms 80:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Por qué aportillaste sus vallados, y la vendimian todos los que pasan por el camino? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il étendait ses pampres jusqu’à la mer, et ses pousses jusqu’au fleuve. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Warum hast du seine Mauern niedergerissen, so daß ihn berupfen alle, die des Weges vorübergehen? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et non audivit populus meus vocem meam, et Israël non intendit mihi. |