Psalms 74:6

What does Psalms 74:6 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 74:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Your doors are broken down with hammers and iron blades.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And now, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Lift not up your horn on high: speak not iniquity against God.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And now they break down its carved work altogether, with hatchets and hammers.

Context

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

v.6This passage

v.7They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name by casting it to the ground.

Cross references

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

  • 1 Kings 6:32

    So he made two doors of olive-wood; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm-trees.

  • 1 Kings 6:35

    And he carved thereon cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.

  • 1 Kings 6:29

    And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, within and without.

  • 1 Kings 6:18

    And there was cedar on the house within, carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

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