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Psalms 74:6

Psalms 74:6 is verse 6 of Psalms chapter 74, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.

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King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

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Psalms 74:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

4 Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,

5 like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees

6 and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.

7 They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.

8 They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Kings 6:18

The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.

1 Kings 6:29

Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.

1 Kings 6:32

The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.

1 Kings 6:35

He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold, hammered evenly over the carvings.

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