Psalms 74:6
4 Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,
5 like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees
and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.
7 They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.
8 They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.
- KJV
- But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
- WEB
- Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers.
- ASV
- And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers.
- DARBY
- And now they break down its carved work altogether, with hatchets and hammers.
- BLB
- and now all its engravings they strike down with ax and hatchet.
- ÅB
- Og nå, alt det som fantes av billedverk, det slo de sønder med øks og hammer.
- OTB
- Og nå bryter de ned alt det utskårne arbeidet
Med øks og hammere. - B1930
- Og nu, alt det som fantes av billedverk, det slo de sønder med øks og hammer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 6:18
The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.
Read in context1 Kings 6:35
He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold, hammered evenly over the carvings.
Read in context1 Kings 6:29
Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
Read in context1 Kings 6:32
The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
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