Devine Scripture

Psalms 107:16

Psalms chapter 107 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For he hath broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron in sunder.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For he hath broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron in sunder.

Context

v.15Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

v.16This passage

v.17Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Judges 16:3

    And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.

  • Micah 2:13

    The breaker is gone up before them: they have broken forth and passed on to the gate, and are gone out thereat; and their king is passed on before them, and Jehovah at the head of them.

  • Isaiah 45:1

    Thus saith Jehovah 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 the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut: