Psalms 88:16

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

Complete Jewish Bible:

Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me, your terrors have shriveled me up.

Berean Standard Bible:

Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.

American Standard Version:

Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Thy fierce wrath{H2740} goeth over{H5674}{H8804)} me; thy terrors{H1161} have cut me off{H6789}{H8768)}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Psalms 90:11

  • Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, [so is] thy wrath.

Psalms 102:10

  • Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

Revelation 6:17

  • For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

Romans 8:32

  • He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

Psalms 90:7

  • ¶ For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

Isaiah 53:4

  • ¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

Isaiah 53:6

  • All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

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Commentary for Psalms 88:16

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H2740
    There are 40 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חָרוֹן
    Transliteration: chârôwn
    Pronunciation: khaw-rone'
    Description: or (shortened) חָרֹן; from חָרָה; a burning of anger; sore displeasure, fierce(-ness), fury, (fierce) wrath(-ful).
  2. Strong's Number: H5674
    There are 493 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עָבַר
    Transliteration: ʻâbar
    Pronunciation: aw-bar'
    Description: a primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation); alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) [phrase] proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, [phrase] raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, [phrase] shave, cause to (make) sound, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-) faring man, be wrath.
  3. Strong's Number: H1161
    There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בִּעוּתִים
    Transliteration: biʻûwthîym
    Pronunciation: be-oo-theme'
    Description: masculine plural from בָּעַת; alarms; terrors.
  4. Strong's Number: H6789
    There are 14 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צָמַת
    Transliteration: tsâmath
    Pronunciation: tsaw-math'
    Description: a primitive root; to extirpate (literally or figuratively); consume, cut off, destroy, vanish.