Psalm 89:40 “You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds t…”

Psalm 89:40

You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

World English Bible

You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

American Standard Version

Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou hast broken downe all his walles: thou hast layd his fortresses in ruine.

Darby Translation

Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

Young's Literal Translation

Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin.

Bible in Basic English

All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction.

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Cross references

“broken”

Psalm 80:12 Job 1:10 Isaiah 5:5 Isaiah 5:6

Psalm 80:12 · BSB

Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?

Job 1:10 · BSB

Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

Isaiah 5:5 · BSB

Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.

Isaiah 5:6 · BSB

I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”

“brought”

Lamentations 2:2 Lamentations 2:5 2 Chronicles 12:2–5 2 Chronicles 15:5 Revelation 13:1–7

Lamentations 2:2 · BSB

Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.

Lamentations 2:5 · BSB

The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.

2 Chronicles 12:2–5 · BSB

In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem

2 Chronicles 15:5 · BSB

In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.

Revelation 13:1–7 · BSB

Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.

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

In context

39You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.

41All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.

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