Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Why have evil men gone over your holy place, so that it has been crushed under the feet of our haters?

New American Standard Bible

Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little while,
Our adversaries have trodden it down.

King James Version

The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

Holman Bible

Your holy people had a possession
for a little while,
but our enemies have trampled down
Your sanctuary.

International Standard Version

Your holy people took possession for a little while, but now our enemies have trampled down your sanctuary.

A Conservative Version

Thy holy people possessed [it] but a little while. Our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

American Standard Version

Thy holy people possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

Amplified


Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for [only] a little while;
Our adversaries have trampled it down.

Darby Translation

Thy holy people have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

Julia Smith Translation

For a little While the people of thy holy place possessed it: our adversaries trod down thy holy place.

King James 2000

The people of your holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{Your holy people} took possession for little [while]; our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.

Modern King James verseion

The people of Your holiness have possessed it but a little while; our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thy people hath had but little of thy Sanctuary in possession, for our enemies have taken it in:

NET Bible

For a short time your special nation possessed a land, but then our adversaries knocked down your holy sanctuary.

New Heart English Bible

Your holy people possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary.

The Emphasized Bible

For a short time only, did thy holy people hold possession, - Our adversaries, trod down thy sanctuary!

Webster

The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

World English Bible

Your holy people possessed [it] but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary.

Youngs Literal Translation

For a little while did Thy holy people possess, Our adversaries have trodden down Thy sanctuary.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

קדשׁ 
Qodesh 
Usage: 470

ירשׁ ירשׁ 
Yarash 
Usage: 231

it but a little while
מצער 
Mits`ar 
Usage: 5

בּוּס 
Buwc 
Usage: 12

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Prayer For Mercy

17 O Lord, why do you send us wandering from your ways, making our hearts hard, so that we have no fear of you? Come back, because of your servants, the tribes of your heritage. 18 Why have evil men gone over your holy place, so that it has been crushed under the feet of our haters? 19 We have become as those who were never ruled by you, on whom your name was not named.


Cross References

Psalm 74:3-7

Go up and see the unending destruction; all the evil which your haters have done in the holy place;

Exodus 19:4-6

You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I took you, as on eagles' wings, guiding you to myself.

Deuteronomy 7:6

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God: marked out by the Lord your God to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 26:19

And that he will make you high over all the nations he has made, in praise, in name, and in honour, and that you are to be a holy people to the Lord your God as he has said.

Isaiah 62:12

And they will be named, The holy people, Those whose cause has been taken up by the Lord: and you will be named, Desired, A town not given up.

Isaiah 64:11-12

Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers gave praise to you, is burned with fire; and all the things of our desire have come to destruction.

Lamentations 1:10

The hand of her hater is stretched out over all her desired things; for she has seen that the nations have come into her holy place, about whom you gave orders that they were not to come into the meeting of your people.

Lamentations 4:1

How dark has the gold become! how changed the best gold! the stones of the holy place are dropping out at the top of every street.

Daniel 8:24

And his power will be great, and he will be purposing strange things. And all will go well for him and he will do his pleasure; and he will send destruction on the strong ones.

Matthew 24:2

But he, answering, said to them, See you not all these things? truly I say to you that here there will not be one stone resting on another, which will not be pulled down.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

Revelation 11:2

But do not take the measure of the space outside the house; because it has been given to the nations: and the holy town will be under their feet for forty-two months.

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