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Psalms 74:8

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
They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. destroy: Heb. break

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They said in their heart, “We will crush them completely.” They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.

They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

74:9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

What does Psalms 74:8 mean?

Psalms 74:8 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָמַר (ʼâmar), לֵב (lêb), יָנָה (yânâh).

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They
saidאָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
in
their
hearts,לֵבlêb/labe/H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Let
us
destroyיָנָהyânâh/yaw-naw'/H3238to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat
them
together:יַחַדyachad/yakh'-ad/H3162properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
they
have
burned
upשָׂרַףsâraph/saw-raf'/H8313to be (causatively, set) on fire
all
the
synagoguesמוֹעֵדmôwʻêd/mo-ade'/H4150properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand)
of
Godאֵלʼêl/ale/H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
in
the
land.אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
destroy:
Heb.
break

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 74:8.

Genesis 1:11

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. grass: Heb. tender grass

Genesis 1:14

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day: Heb. between the day and between the night

Genesis 1:20

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. moving: or, creeping life: Heb. soul fowl: Heb. let fowl fly open: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven

Genesis 1:22

And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

Genesis 1:24

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:28

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. moveth: Heb. creepeth

Genesis 1:29

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. bearing: Heb. seeding seed yielding: Heb. seeding seed

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What does Psalms 74:8 say?

Psalms 74:8 (King James Version) reads: "They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. destroy: Heb. break"

Is Psalms 74:8 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 74:8 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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