Psalms 74:4

What does Psalms 74:4 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 74:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Sending out their voices like lions among your worshippers; they have put up their signs to be seen.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Roared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The earth is melted, and all that dwell therein: I have established the pillars thereof.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy place of assembly; they set up their signs [for] signs.

Context

v.3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.

v.4This passage

v.5They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.

Cross references

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

  • Jeremiah 6:1

    Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem; for evil looketh forth from the north, and a great destruction.

  • Revelation 13:6

    And he opened his mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, even them that dwell in the heaven.

  • Luke 21:20

    But when ye see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that her desolation is at hand.

  • Numbers 2:2

    The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fathers’ houses: over against the tent of meeting shall they encamp round about.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:17

    Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or virgin, old man or hoary-headed: he gave them all into his hand.

  • Daniel 6:27

    He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.

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