Psalm 74:6 “and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.”

Psalm 74:6

and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

World English Bible

Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers.

American Standard Version

And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers.

Geneva Bible 1599

But nowe they breake downe the carued worke thereof with axes and hammers.

Darby Translation

And now they break down its carved work altogether, with hatchets and hammers.

Young's Literal Translation

And now, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down,

Bible in Basic English

Your doors are broken down with hammers and iron blades.

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Cross references

“But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.”

1 Kings 6:18 1 Kings 6:29 1 Kings 6:32 1 Kings 6:35

1 Kings 6:18 · BSB

The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.

1 Kings 6:29 · BSB

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.

1 Kings 6:32 · BSB

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.

1 Kings 6:35 · BSB

He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees

7They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.

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