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Thanksgiving for Deliverance

Psalms 107:16

In 11 translations

BSB
For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
KJV
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
WEB
For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut through bars of iron.
ASV
For he hath broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron in sunder.
LSV
For He has broken doors of bronze, || And He has cut bars of iron.
YLT
For He hath broken doors of brass, And bars of iron He hath cut.
DBY
For he hath broken the gates of bronze, and cut asunder the bars of iron.
DRC106:16
Because he hath broken gates of brass, and burst the iron bars.
GNV
For hee hath broken the gates of brasse, and brast the barres of yron asunder.
JPS
For He hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
LXXE106:16
For he broke to pieces the brazen gates, and crushed the iron bars.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּֽי־שִׁ֭בַּר דַּלְת֣וֹת נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וּבְרִיחֵ֖י בַרְזֶ֣ל גִּדֵּֽעַ׃
LXX-Br106:16
Ὅτι συνέτριψε πύλας χαλκᾶς, καὶ μοχλοὺς σιδηροὺς συνέθλασεν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 45:1–2This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: “I will go before you…
  • Judges 16:3But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the…
  • Micah 2:13One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate, and go out by it. Their King will pass through before them, the LORD as their leader.

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