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 · 2000Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Why are its walls broken down by your hands, so that all who go by may take its fruit?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But my people heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to me.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Why hast thou broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way do pluck it?
Context
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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