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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

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

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

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