KJV King James Version
But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
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Psalm 74:6
But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.
WEB World English Bible
Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers.
ASV American Standard Version
And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And now, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down,
Surrounding context — Psalm 74
3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; [even] all [that] the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] signs.
5 [A man] was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled [by casting down] the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
9 We see not our signs: [there is] no more any prophet: neither [is there] among us any that knoweth how long.
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1 Kings 6:18And the cedar of the house within [was] carved with knops and open flowers: all [was] cedar; there was no stone seen.1 Kings 6:29And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.1 Kings 6:35And he carved [thereon] cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered [them] with gold fitted upon the carved work.1 Kings 6:32The two doors also [were of] olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid [them] with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
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