Psalms 89:40

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

You broke through all his defenses and left his strongholds in ruins.

Berean Standard Bible:

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

American Standard Version:

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

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Thou hast broken down{H6555}{H8804)} all his hedges{H1448}; thou hast brought{H7760}{H8804)} his strong holds{H4013} to ruin{H4288}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Psalms 80:12

  • Why hast thou [then] broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

Lamentations 2:2

  • The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought [them] down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.

Lamentations 2:5

  • The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

Job 1:10

  • Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

2 Chronicles 15:5

  • And in those times [there was] no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations [were] upon all the inhabitants of the countries.

2 Chronicles 12:2

  • And it came to pass, [that] in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,

2 Chronicles 12:5

  • Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and [to] the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

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Commentary for Psalms 89:40

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

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

  1. Strong's Number: H6555
    There are 48 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: פָּרַץ
    Transliteration: pârats
    Pronunciation: paw-rats'
    Description: lemma פּרַץ missing vowel, corrected to פָּרַץ; a primitive root; to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative); [idiom] abroad, (make a) breach, break (away, down, -er, forth, in, up), burst out, come (spread) abroad, compel, disperse, grow, increase, open, press, scatter, urge.
  2. Strong's Number: H1448
    There are 10 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: גְּדֵרָה
    Transliteration: gᵉdêrâh
    Pronunciation: ghed-ay-raw'
    Description: feminine of גָּדֵר; enclosure (especially for flocks); (sheep-) cote (fold) hedge, wall.
  3. Strong's Number: H7760
    There are 550 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שׂוּם
    Transliteration: sûwm
    Pronunciation: soom
    Description: or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.
  4. Strong's Number: H4013
    There are 37 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מִבְצָר
    Transliteration: mibtsâr
    Pronunciation: mib-tsawr'
    Description: also (in plural) feminine (Daniel 11:l5) מִבְצָרָה; from בָּצַר; a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender; (de-, most) fenced, fortress, (most) strong (hold).
  5. Strong's Number: H4288
    There are 11 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מְחִתָּה
    Transliteration: mᵉchittâh
    Pronunciation: mekh-it-taw'
    Description: from חָתָה; properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation; destruction, dismaying, ruin, terror.