Why Have You Rejected Us Forever?
Psalms 74:6
In 11 translations
- 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.
- LSV
- And now they break down its engravings, || Together, with axe and hatchet,
- YLT
- And now, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down,
- DBY
- And now they break down its carved work altogether, with hatchets and hammers.
- DRC73:6
- They have cut down at once the gates thereof, with axe and hatchet they have brought it down.
- GNV
- But nowe they breake downe the carued worke thereof with axes and hammers.
- JPS
- And now all the carved work thereof together they strike down with hatchet and hammers.
- LXXE73:6
- they cut down its doors at once with axes as in a wood of trees; they have broken it down with hatchet and stone cutter.
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Where the editions differ
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- Written (Ketiv): וְעֵת (“and a time”). Read aloud (Qere): וְ֭עַתָּה (“and now”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads וְ֭עַתָּ; read aloud (Qere) reads וְ֭עַתָּה (“and now”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- ועת פִּתּוּחֶ֣יהָ יָּ֑חַד בְּכַשִּׁ֥יל וְ֝כֵֽילַפֹּ֗ת יַהֲלֹמֽוּן׃Read aloud as (qere): וְ֭עַתָּה
- LXX-Br73:6
- τὰς θύρας αὐτῆς ἐπιτοαυτὸ, ἐν πελέκει καὶ λαξευτηρίῳ κατέῤῥαξαν αὐτήν.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Kings 6:18The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.
- 1 Kings 6:29Then 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.
- 1 Kings 6:32The 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.
- 1 Kings 6:35He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold, hammered evenly over the carvings.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 73:6 in some Bibles
- 74:6 in most Bibles