Parallel Verses
King James Version
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
New American Standard Bible
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Holman Bible
You have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.
International Standard Version
You have broken through all his walls; you have laid his fortresses in ruin.
A Conservative Version
Thou have broken down all his hedges. Thou have brought his strongholds to ruin.
American Standard Version
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
Amplified
You have broken down all his [city] walls;
You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
Bible in Basic English
All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction.
Darby Translation
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou didst break down all his walls; thou didst set his fortifications a ruin.
King James 2000
You have broken down all his hedges; you have brought his strongholds to ruin.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You have broken down all his walls; you have made his fortifications a ruin.
Modern King James verseion
You have broken down all his hedges; You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou hast overthrown all his hedges, and broken down his strongholds.
NET Bible
You have broken down all his walls; you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins.
New Heart English Bible
You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou hast broken down all his defenses, Thou hast laid his fortresses in ruins;
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin.
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 89:40
Verse Info
Context Readings
Perplexity About God's Promises
39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. 40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. 41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 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.
2 Chronicles 12:2-5
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 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.
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.
Isaiah 5:5-6
And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
Revelation 13:1-7
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.