Parallel Verses
NET Bible
You have broken down all his walls; you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins.
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.
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.
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 You have repudiated your covenant with your servant; you have thrown his crown to the ground. 40 You have broken down all his walls; you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins. 41 All who pass by have robbed him; he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 80:12
Why did you break down its walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruit?
Lamentations 2:2
(Bet) The Lord destroyed mercilessly all the homes of Jacob's descendants. In his anger he tore down the fortified cities of Daughter Judah. He knocked to the ground and humiliated the kingdom and its rulers.
Lamentations 2:5
(He) The Lord, like an enemy, destroyed Israel. He destroyed all her palaces; he ruined her fortified cities. He made everyone in Daughter Judah mourn and lament.
2 Chronicles 12:2-5
Because they were unfaithful to the Lord, in King Rehoboam's fifth year, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 15:5
In those days no one could travel safely, for total chaos had overtaken all the people of the surrounding lands.
Job 1:10
Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.
Isaiah 5:5-6
Now I will inform you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will remove its hedge and turn it into pasture, I will break its wall and allow animals to graze there.
Revelation 13:1-7
Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns were ten diadem crowns, and on its heads a blasphemous name.