Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Thou have broken down all his hedges. Thou have brought his strongholds to ruin.
New American Standard Bible
You have
King James Version
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
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.
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 have abhorred the covenant of thy servant. Thou have profaned his crown to the ground. 40 Thou have broken down all his hedges. Thou have brought his strongholds to ruin. 41 All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 80:12
Why have thou broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?
Lamentations 2:2
LORD has swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and has not pitied. In his wrath he has thrown down the strongholds of the daughter of Judah. He has brought them down to the ground. He has profaned the kingdom and the rulers th
Lamentations 2:5
LORD has become as an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces. He has destroyed his strongholds. And he has multiplied mourning and lamentation in the daughter of Judah.
2 Chronicles 12:2-5
And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against LORD,
2 Chronicles 15:5
And in those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the lands.
Job 1:10
Have thou not made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he has, on every side? Thou have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
Isaiah 5:5-6
And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away the hedge of it, and it shall be eaten up. I will break down the wall of it, and it shall be trodden down.
Revelation 13:1-7
And I stood upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea having ten horns, and seven heads, and ten diadems upon its horns, and upon its heads names of blasphemy.