Psalms 74:6

74:5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

KJV

Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers.

But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

74:7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. They have cast: Heb. They have sent thy sanctuary unto the fire

What does Psalms 74:6 mean?

Psalms 74:6 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include הָלַם (hâlam), פִּתּוּחַ (pittûwach), יַחַד (yachad).

Hebrew interlinear

But

now

they

break

downהָלַםhâlam/haw-lam'/H1986to strike down; by implication, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband

the

carved

workפִּתּוּחַpittûwach/pit-too'-akh/H6603sculpture (in low or high relief or even intaglio)

thereof

onceיַחַדyachad/yakh'-ad/H3162properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly

with

axesכַּשִּׁילkashshîyl/kash-sheel'/H3781properly, a feller, i.e. an axe

and

hammers.כֵּילַףkêylaph/kay-laf'/H3597a club or sledge-hammer

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What does Psalms 74:6 say?

Psalms 74:6 (King James Version) reads: "But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers."

Is Psalms 74:6 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 74:6 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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