Psalms 80:12

What does Psalms 80:12 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 80:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Why are its walls broken down by your hands, so that all who go by may take its fruit?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it?

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

But my people heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to me.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Why hast thou broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way do pluck it?

Context

v.11It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River.

v.12This passage

v.13The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it.

Cross references

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

  • Luke 20:16

    He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

  • Isaiah 5:5

    And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

  • Psalms 89:40

    Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

  • Nahum 2:2

    For Jehovah restoreth the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel; for the emptiers have emptied them out, and destroyed their vine-branches.

  • Isaiah 18:5

    For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the spreading branches will he take away and cut down.

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